Bacterial inhibition of inflammatory responses via TLR-independent mechanisms

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 527-536

  Kravchenko, Vladimir V ^a   Kaufmann, Gunnar F ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; I KAPPA B ALPHA; I KAPPA B KINASE BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIVER X RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR DELTA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MAMMAL CELL; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 84874987755     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12109     Document Type: Article

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