Flagellin suppresses the inflammatory response and enhances bacterial clearance in a murine model of Peudomonas aeruginosa keratitis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-96

  Kumar, Ashok ^a,b   Hazlett, Linda D ^b   Yu, Fu Shin X ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; FLAGELLIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 37749037714     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01232-07     Document Type: Article

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