The Staphyloccous aureus eap protein activates expression of proinflammatory cytokines

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2164-2168

  Scriba, Thomas J ^a   Sierro, Sophie ^a   Brown, Eric L ^b   Phillips, Rodney E ^a   Sewell, Andrew K ^c   Massey, Ruth C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; EXTRACELLULAR ADHESION PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EAP N PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; EAP-N PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEVER; GRANULOCYTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD14; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MONOCYTES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 42949123491     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01699-07     Document Type: Article

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