Human neutrophils are activated by a peptide fragment of Clostridium difficile toxin B presumably via formyl peptide receptor

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 893-909

  Goy, Sebastian D ^a   Olling, Alexandra ^a   Neumann, Detlef ^a   Pich, Andreas ^a   Gerhard, Ralf ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CD11B ANTIGEN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; CYCLOSPORIN H; FORMYLPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; FURA 2; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HISTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; FPR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; ENTERITIS; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, FORMYL PEPTIDE;

EID: 84929508810     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12410     Document Type: Article

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