Docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid antagonize the proinflammatory interactions of pneumolysin with human neutrophils

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4327-4329

  Cockeran, Riana ^a,d   Theron, Annette J ^a   Feldman, Charles ^b   Mitchell, Timothy J ^c   Anderson, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Immunology ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMOATTRACTANT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FURA 2; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OXIDIZING AGENT; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDANTS; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 3042592599     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.7.4327-4329.2004     Document Type: Article

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