Agr-dependent interactions of Staphylococcus aureus USA300 with human polymorphonuclear neutrophils

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 546-559

  Pang, Yun Yun ^a   Schwartz, Jamie ^a   Thoendel, Matthew ^a   Ackermann, Laynez W ^a   Horswill, Alexander R ^a   Nauseef, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolysin; Accessory gene regulator; Polymorphonuclear neutrophil; Quorum sensing; Staphylococcus aureus, community associated, methicillin resistant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; ARGININE TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77956356704     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319855     Document Type: Article

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