Modulation of connexin expression and gap junction communication in astrocytes by the gram-positive bacterium S. aureus

GLIA

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-117

  Esen, Nilufer ^a   Shuffield, Debbie ^a   Syed, Mohsin Md ^a   Kielian, Tammy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Bacteria; Central nervous system; Connexin 26; Connexin 30; Connexin 43; Gap junction; Neuroinflammation

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BACTERIUM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAP JUNCTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; ISOQUINOLINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33751576863     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20438     Document Type: Article

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