Differential endometrial cell sensitivity to a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin links trueperella pyogenes to uterine disease in cattle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Amos, Matthew R ^a   Healey, Gareth D ^a   Goldstone, Robert J ^b   Mahan, Suman M ^c   Düvel, Anna ^d   Schuberth, Hans Joachim ^d   Sandra, Olivier ^e,f   Zieger, Peter ^g   Dieuzy Labaye, Isabelle ^g   Smith, David G E ^b,h   Sheldon, Iain Martin ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c ZOETIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^e INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^f ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^g Zoetis Inc   (France)

^h MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cholesterol dependent cytolysin; Cow; Inflammation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DEPENDENT CYTOLYSIN; CYCLODEXTRIN DERIVATIVE; CYTOLYSIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PYOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MEDIATOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STROMA CELL; TRUEPERELLA PYOGENES; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE;

BACTERIA; CHOLESTEROL-DEPENDENT CYTOLYSIN; COW; INFLAMMATION; UTERUS;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARCANOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KINETICS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; STROMAL CELLS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 84899981169     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.115972     Document Type: Article

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