Degradation of complement 3 by streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B inhibits complement activation and neutrophil opsonophagocytosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1163-1169

  Kuo, Chih Feng ^a   Lin, Yee Shin ^b   Chuang, Woei Jer ^b   Wu, Jiunn Jong ^b   Tsao, Nina ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LECTIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STREPTOCOCCAL PYROGENIC EXOTOXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ZYMOSAN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERYTHROGENIC TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL KILLING; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C3; EXOTOXINS; MUTANT PROTEINS; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 40749110278     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01116-07     Document Type: Article

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