Immune evasion by pathogenic Leptospira strains: The secretion of proteases that directly cleave complement proteins

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 876-886

  Fraga, Tatiana Rodrigues ^a   Courrol, Daniella Dos Santos ^a   Castiblanco Valencia, Mónica Marcela ^a   Hirata, Izaura Yoshico ^a   Vasconcellos, Sílvio Arruda ^a   Juliano, Luiz ^b   Barbosa, Angela Silva ^c   Isaac, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complement System; Immune Evasion; Innate Immunity; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Proteases

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; THERMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT LECTIN PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; IMMUNE EVASION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PROTEASES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, CLASSICAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THERMOLYSIN;

EID: 84895725251     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit569     Document Type: Article

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