The pore-forming toxin listeriolysin O is degraded by neutrophil metalloproteinase-8 and fails to mediate listeria monocytogenes intracellular survival in neutrophils

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 234-244

  Arnett, Eusondia ^a   Vadia, Stephen ^a   Nackerman, Colleen C ^a   Oghumu, Steve ^a   Satoskar, Abhay R ^a   McLeish, Kenneth R ^b,c   Uriarte, Silvia M ^b   Seveau, Stephanie ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIOLYSIN O; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL GRANULE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84891118285     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301302     Document Type: Article

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