The VirB type IV secretion system of Bartonella henselae mediates invasion, proinflammatory activation and antiapoptotic protection of endothelial cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-92

  Schmid, Michael C ^a   Schulein, Ralf ^a   Dehio, Michaela ^a   Denecker, Geertrui ^a,b   Carena, Ilaria ^a   Dehio, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CHEMOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; VIRB PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INTERNALIZATION; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURPURA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ZOONOSIS;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CASPASE 7; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOSKELETON; DACTINOMYCIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-8; MICROFILAMENTS; NF-KAPPA B; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OPERON; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PURPURA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 1942520221     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2003.03964.x     Document Type: Article

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