Bacillus anthracis capsule activates caspase-1 and induces interleukin-1β release from differentiated THP-1 and human monocyte-derived dendritic cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 387-392

  Cho, Min Hee ^a   Ahn, Hae Jeong ^a   Ha, Hyun Joon ^b   Park, Jungchan ^b   Chun, Jeong Hoon ^a   Kim, Bong Su ^a   Oh, Hee Bok ^a   Rhie, Gi Eun ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; POLY(GAMMA DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SUPERNATANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CASPASE 1; CELL LINE; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MONOCYTES; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

EID: 73449135499     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00956-09     Document Type: Article

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