Host DNA repair proteins in response to pseudomonas aeruginosa in lung epithelial cells and in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-87

  Wu, Min ^a   Huang, Huang ^a   Zhang, Weidong ^a   Kannan, Shibichakravarthy ^a   Weaver, Andrew ^a   McKibben, Molynda ^a   Herington, Danielle ^a   Zeng, Huawei ^b   Gao, Hongwei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 OXOGUANINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COCKAYNE SYNDROME GROUP B PROTEIN; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA REPAIR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG; MICE; PEROXIDASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650883975     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00815-10     Document Type: Article

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