Cathelicidin host defence peptide augments clearance of pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection by its influence on neutrophil function in vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Beaumont, Paula E ^a   McHugh, Brian ^a   Findlay, Emily Gwyer ^a   Mackellar, Annie ^a   Mackenzie, Karen J ^a   Gallo, Richard L ^b   Govan, John R W ^c   Simpson, A John ^a,d   Davidson, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHELICIDINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICE; NEUTROPHILS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84902340880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099029     Document Type: Article

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