A functional epitope of the pneumococcal surface adhesin A activates nasopharyngeal cells and increases bacterial internalization

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-196

  Rajam, Gowrisankar ^a   Phillips, Donald J ^a   White, Elizabeth ^a   Anderton, Julie ^a   Hooper, Craig W ^a   Sampson, Jacquelyn S ^a   Carlone, George M ^a   Ades, Edwin W ^a   Romero Steiner, Sandra ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular activation; Peptides; Pneumococcal adherence and invasion; PsaA; Putative binding domains; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CYTOKINES; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITOPES; LIPOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NASOPHARYNX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 38549179431     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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