Complement evasion of pathogens: Common strategies are shared by diverse organisms

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3850-3857

  Zipfel, Peter F ^a,b   Würzner, Reinhard ^c   Skerka, Christine ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Medical School in Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Complement; Human

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CRASP; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TICK;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; PARASITES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548259156     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.06.149     Document Type: Review

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