Two strikingly different signaling pathways are induced by meningococcal type IV pili on endothelial and epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-186

  Lécuyer, Hervé ^a,b,c   Nassif, Xavier ^a,b,c   Coureuil, Mathieu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ARRESTIN; CYCLIC AMP; PAR3 PROTEIN; PAR6 PROTEIN; PILIN; PILIN TYPE IV; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BRAIN CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; FIMBRIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84857089239     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05837-11     Document Type: Article

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