Lipooligosaccharide structure contributes to multiple steps in the virulence of Neisseria meningitidis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1360-1367

  Plant, Laura ^a   Sundqvist, Johanna ^a   Zughaier, Susu ^b   Lövkvist, Lena ^a   Stephens, David S ^b,c   Jonsson, Ann Beth ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD46; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BLOOD; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; PHARYNX;

EID: 31844433619     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.2.1360-1367.2006     Document Type: Article

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