Hexa-acylated lipid a is required for host inflammatory response to Neisseria gonorrhoeae in experimental gonorrhea

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 184-192

  Zhou, Xiyou ^a   Gao, Xi ^a   Broglie, Peter M ^a   Kebaier, Chahnaz ^a   Anderson, James E ^a   Thom, Natalie ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^b   Sempowski, Gregory D ^c   Duncan, Joseph A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPID A; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 84890815506     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00890-13     Document Type: Article

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