Group B Streptococcus Hijacks the Host Plasminogen System to Promote Brain Endothelial Cell Invasion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Magalhães, Vanessa ^a,b,c   Andrade, Elva Bonifácio ^a,b   Alves, Joana ^a,b   Ribeiro, Adilia ^a,b   Kim, Kwang Sik ^d   Lima, Margarida ^e   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^f   Ferreira, Paula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROVESSELS; PLASMINOGEN; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 84877045471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063244     Document Type: Article

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