Lp95, a novel leptospiral protein that binds extracellular matrix components and activates e-selectin on endothelial cells

Journal of Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-276

  Atzingen, Marina V ^a,b   Gómez, Ricardo M ^c   Schattner, Mirta ^c   Pretre, Gabriela ^c   Gonçales, Amane P ^b   de Morais, Zenaide M ^b   Vasconcellos, Silvio A ^b   Nascimento, Ana L T O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Leptospira interrogans; Leptospirosis; Pathogenesis; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN LP95; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; E-SELECTIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 72049128053     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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