Highly purified lipoteichoic acid activates neutrophil granulocytes and delays their spontaneous apoptosis via CD14 and TLR2

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-477

  Lotz, Sonja ^a   Aga, Eresso ^a   Wilde, Inga ^a   Van Zandbergen, Ger ^a   Hartung, Thomas ^b   Solbach, Werner ^a   Laskay, Tamás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular activation; Gram positive bacteria; Inflammation; LTA; PMN

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEGRANULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UPREGULATION;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD14; APOPTOSIS; CELL SIZE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; NF-KAPPA B; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1542283732     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0803360     Document Type: Article

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