Peptidoglycan derived from Staphylococcus epidermidis induces Connexin43 hemichannel activity with consequences on the innate immune response in endothelial cells

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 432, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-143

  Robertson, Jennifer ^a   Lang, Sue ^a   Lambert, Peter A ^b   Martin, Patricia E ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Hemichannel; Innate immunity; Peptidoglycan; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN-43; HEMICHANNEL; INNATE IMMUNITY; PEPTIDOGLYCANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; IMMUNOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APYRASE; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 43; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL TYPE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MICE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 78649734505     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20091753     Document Type: Article

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