Host-pathogen interactions in the Cornea

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-193

  Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Yamada, Ai ^b   Gilmore, Michael S ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Keratitis; Mucin; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; DEFENSIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; MUCIN; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 16; MUCIN 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; KERATITIS; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CORNEA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MUCINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77956134454     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-010-0802-4     Document Type: Review

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