Cell-wall deficient L. monocytogenes L-forms feature abrogated pathogenicity

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Schnell, Barbara ^a   Staubli, Titu ^a   Harris, Nicola L ^b   Rogler, Gerhard ^c   Kopf, Manfred ^a   Loessner, Martin J ^a   Schuppler, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; L forms; L. monocytogenes; Pathogenicity; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ACTA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES L FORM PROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PRFA PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BONE MARROW DERIVED MACROPHAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INNATE IMMUNITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; L-FORMS; L. MONOCYTOGENES; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOSOME; PROTOPLAST; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE GENES;

INNATE IMMUNITY; L-FORMS; L. MONOCYTOGENES; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE GENES;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; L FORMS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MACROPHAGES; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHAGOSOMES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84907178414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00060     Document Type: Article

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