Analysis of the in vitro transcriptional response of human pharyngeal epithelial cells to adherent Streptococcus pneumoniae: Evidence for a distinct response to encapsulated strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5489-5499

  Bootsma, Hester J ^a   Egmont Petersen, Michael ^a   Hermans, Peter W M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHARYNX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 35648958724     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01823-06     Document Type: Article

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