Gamma interferon confers resistance to infection with Staphylococcus aureus in human vascular endothelial cells by cooperative proinflammatory and enhanced intrinsic antibacterial activities

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5615-5626

  Beekhuizen, Henry ^a   Van De Gevel, Joke S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IRON; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATION; MONOCYTE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TH1 CELL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; IRON; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 36749037722     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00530-07     Document Type: Article

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