Staphylococcus aureus virulence is enhanced by secreted factors that block innate immune defenses

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-311

  Jongerius, Ilse ^a   Von Kockritz Blickwede, Maren ^c,d   Horsburgh, Malcolm J ^b   Ruyken, Maartje ^a   Nizet, Victor ^d,e,f   Rooijakkers, Suzan H M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complement; Fibrinogen; Immune evasion; Neutrophils; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT C3D; COMPLEMENT INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84859900417     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334604     Document Type: Article

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