β-Hemolysin/Cytolysin of Group B Streptococcus Enhances Host Inflammation but Is Dispensable for Establishment of Urinary Tract Infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kulkarni, Ritwij ^a   Randis, Tara M ^a   Antala, Swati ^a   Wang, Alice ^a   Amaral, Fábio E ^a   Ratner, Adam J ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA HEMOLYSIN; CYTOLYSIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; BLADDER MUCOSA; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA GENE; INTERLEUKIN 6 GENE; INTERLEUKIN 8 GENE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PERFORIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874683864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059091     Document Type: Article

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