Surface-Associated Lipoproteins Link Enterococcus faecalis Virulence to Colitogenic Activity in IL-10-Deficient Mice Independent of Their Expression Levels

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Ocvirk, Soeren ^a   Sava, Irina G ^a   Lengfelder, Isabella ^a   Lagkouvardos, Ilias ^a   Steck, Natalie ^a   Roh, Jung H ^b   Tchaptchet, Sandrine ^c   Bao, Yinyin ^d   Hansen, Jonathan J ^c   Huebner, Johannes ^d   Carroll, Ian M ^c   Murray, Barbara E ^b   Sartor, R Balfour ^c   Haller, Dirk ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; LIPOPROTEIN; LYSOZYME; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; IL10 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MANDUCA SEXTA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DEFICIENCY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INVERTEBRATA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERLEUKIN-10; LIPOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84936769359     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004911     Document Type: Article

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