Fimbria-dependent activation of pro-inflammatory molecules in Porphyromonas gingivalis infected human aortic endothelial cells

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 738-757

  Takahashi, Yusuke ^a,b   Davey, Michael ^c   Yumoto, Hiromichi ^a,d   Gibson III, Frank C ^a   Genco, Caroline Attardo ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CHEMOKINE; CYTOCHALASIN D; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STIMULATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIMBRIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILD TYPE;

AORTA; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINE CCL2; E-SELECTIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-8; MUTATION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 33645551446     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2005.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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