The virulence regulator agr controls the staphylococcal capacity to activate human Neutrophils via the formyl peptide receptor 2

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-212

  Kretschmer, Dorothee ^a   Nikola, Nele ^a   Dürr, Manuela ^a   Otto, Michael ^b   Peschel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Formyl peptide receptor 2; Phenol soluble modulins; Quorum sensing system Agr; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

FORMYL PEPTIDE RECEPTOR 2; FORMYLPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; RECEPTORS, FORMYL PEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, LIPOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84857785507     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332142     Document Type: Article

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