Distinct defensin profiles in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis urethritis reveal novel epithelial cell-neutrophil interactions

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4823-4833

  Porter, Edith ^a,b   Yang, Huixia ^c,d   Yavagal, Sujata ^d   Preza, Gloria C ^a   Murillo, Omar ^a   Lima, Heriberto ^a   Greene, Sheila ^c   Mahoozi, Laily ^d   Klein Patel, Marcia ^e,f   Diamond, Gill ^e   Gulati, Sunita ^g   Ganz, Tomas ^b   Rice, Peter A ^g   Quayle, Alison J ^c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN HBD1; DEFENSIN HBD2; DEFENSIN HD5; DEFENSIN HNP1-3; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BINDING SITE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PANETH CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URETHRITIS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEFENSINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 23344454141     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.4823-4833.2005     Document Type: Article

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