Klebsiella pneumoniae capsule polysaccharide impedes the expression of β-defensins by airway epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1135-1146

  Moranta, David ^a,b   Regueiro, Verónica ^a,b   March, Catalina ^a,b   Llobet, Enrique ^a,b   Margareto, Javier ^c   Larrate, Eider ^c   Garmendia, Junkal ^a,b,d   Bengoechea, José A ^a,b,d,e  

^a Fundacion Caubet CIMERA Illes Balears   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; O ANTIGEN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRONCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 77349090421     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00940-09     Document Type: Article

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