Influence of subinhibitory concentrations of licochalcone A on the secretion of enterotoxins A and B by Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Qiu, Jiazhang ^a   Feng, Haihua ^a   Xiang, Hua ^a   Wang, Dacheng ^a   Xia, Lijie ^b   Jiang, Youshuai ^c   Song, Keji ^c   Lu, Jing ^a   Yu, Lu ^a   Deng, Xuming ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Heilongjiang August First Agricultural University   (China)

Author keywords

Enterotoxins; Licochalcone A; Staphylococcus aureus; Subinhibitory concentrations

Indexed keywords

LICOCHALCONE A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN A, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; ENTEROTOXIN B, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROWTH CURVE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SPLEEN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHALCONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77952609952     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01973.x     Document Type: Article

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