Host immune responses to Aeromonas virulence factors

Current Immunology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-26

  Galindo, Cristi L ^a   Sha, Jian ^a   Fadl, Amin A ^a   Pillai, Lakshmi L ^a   Chopra, Ashok K ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Apoptosis; Gastroenteritis; Inflammation; Septicemia; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AEROLYSIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHOLERA TOXIN; ENOLASE; ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; SIDEROPHORE; TOXIN ANTIBODY;

AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL INTERACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLAGELLUM; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE CELL; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 32344444281     PISSN: 15733955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339506775471910     Document Type: Review

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