The role of endothelial cell biology in endocarditis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-163

  Chorianopoulos, E ^a   Bea, F ^a   Katus, H A ^a   Frey, N ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology Angiology and Pulmology   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Vegetation"; Endothelium; Infective endocarditis; Non infective endocarditis; Tissue factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FIBRONECTIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; TEICHOIC ACID; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VALVE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONBACTERIAL THROMBOTIC ENDOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ENDOCARDITIS, SUBACUTE BACTERIAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMANS; MYCOSES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 57849138398     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0687-4     Document Type: Review

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