Pathogenic neisseria hitchhike on the uropod of human neutrophils

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Söderholm, Niklas ^a   Vielfort, Katarina ^a   Hultenby, Kjell ^b   Aro, Helena ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; INTEGRIN; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; OPA PROTEIN; PROTEIN PILC1; PROTEIN PILC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERNALIZATION; LIVE CELL IMAGING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UROPOD;

ANTIGENS, CD46; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURVIVAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; UROPODA;

EID: 80052858042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024353     Document Type: Article

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