Factor H binding to PspC of Streptococcus pneumoniae increases adherence to human cell lines in vitro and enhances invasion of mouse lungs in vivo

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 4082-4087

  Quin, Lisa R ^a   Onwubiko, Chinwendu ^a   Moore, Quincy C ^a   Mills, Megumi Fujioka ^a   McDaniel, Larry S ^a   Carmicle, Stephanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN C; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34547620337     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00474-07     Document Type: Article

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