Synergistic activation of leukocytes by bacterial chemoattractants: Potential drug targets

Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-370

  Chen, Ling Yu ^a   Pan, Zhixing K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial chemoattractant; Inflammatory mediators; Leukocyte; Signaling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CHEMOATTRACTANT; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 75749126153     PISSN: 18715303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187153009789839165     Document Type: Review

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