Bacillus cereus induces permeability of an in vitro blood-retina barrier

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1358-1367

  Moyer, A L ^a   Ramadan, R T ^b   Thurman, J ^a   Burroughs, A ^c   Callegan, M C ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; OCCLUDIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN ZO1; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM);

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUORUM SENSING; TIGHT JUNCTION; CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CELL LINE; HUMANS; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 42149119711     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01330-07     Document Type: Article

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