Both leukotoxin and poly-N-acetylglucosamine surface polysaccharide protect Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans cells from macrophage killing

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-180

  Venketaraman, Vishwanath ^a   Lin, Albert K ^a   Le, Amy ^a   Kachlany, Scott C ^a   Connell, Nancy D ^b   Kaplan, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; Biofilm; Dispersin B; HL 60; J774 1; Leukotoxin; Macrophage; Poly N acetylglucosamine; THP 1

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; DISPERSIN B ENZYME; HYDROLASE; LEUKOTOXIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLY N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; TRYPAN BLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL KILLING; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; POLYSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 48749086784     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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