Heparin-binding hemagglutinin (HBHA) of Mycobacterium leprae is expressed during infection and enhances bacterial adherence to epithelial cells

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-169

  De Lima, Cristiana Soares ^a   Marques, Maria A M ^b   Debrie, Anne Sophie ^c   Almeida, Elza C C ^a   Silva, Carlos A M ^a   Brennan, Patrick J ^b   Sarno, Euzenir N ^a   Menozzi, Franco D ^c,d,e   Pessolani, Maria C V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^e IFR142   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Epithelial cell; Heparin binding hemagglutinin; Immunogenecity; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; HEPARIN BINDING HEMAGGLUTININ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LECTINS; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PROTEOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 60349087904     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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