Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B causes mitochondria damage to polymorphonuclear cells preventing phagocytosis of Group A streptococcus

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-63

  Chiang Ni, Chuan ^a   Wang, Chih Hung ^a   Tsai, Pei Jane ^c   Chuang, Woei Jer ^a   Lin, Yee Shin ^a   Lin, Ming T ^c   Liu, Ching Chuan ^b   Wu, Jiunn Jong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterial clearance; Group A streptococcus; Mitochondria; Phagocytosis; Polymorphonuclear cells; Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOTOXIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN SPEB; STREPTOCOCCAL PYROGENIC EXOTOXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMA; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EXOTOXINS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33646713439     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-005-0001-y     Document Type: Article

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