Uropathogenic Escherichia coli modulates immune responses and its curli fimbriae interact with the antimicrobial peptide LL-37

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Kai Larsen, Ylva ^a   Lüthje, Petra ^b   Chromek, Milan ^b   Peters, Verena ^c   Wang, Xiaoda ^c   Holm, Åsa ^b   Kádas, Lavinia ^b   Hedlund, Kjell Olof ^d   Johansson, Jan ^e   Chapman, Matthew R ^f   Jacobson, Stefan H ^g   Römling, Ute ^c   Agerberth, Birgitta ^a   Brauner, Annelie ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Tumor and Cell Biology   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL-37; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CELLULOSE; CRL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CHILD; EPITHELIUM CELL; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATHELICIDINS; CELL LINE; CELLULOSE; CHILD; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77957683495     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001010     Document Type: Article

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