Acquisition of negative complement regulators by the saprophyte Leptospira biflexa expressing LigA or LigB confers enhanced survival in human serum

Immunology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-68

  Castiblanco Valencia, Mónica M ^a   Fraga, Tatiana R ^a   Breda, Leandro C D ^a   Vasconcellos, Sílvio A ^a   Figueira, Cláudio P ^b   Picardeau, Mathieu ^c   Wunder, Elsio ^d   Ko, Albert I ^b,d   Barbosa, Angela S ^e   Isaac, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C4BP; Complement; Factor H; Immune evasion; Leptospira; Lig proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN LIGA; PROTEIN LIGB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT FACTOR I; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; LIGA-M PROTEIN, LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LIGB-M PROTEIN, LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LIGA GENE; LIGB GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SAPROTROPH; CELL SURVIVAL; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPLEMENT C3B; COMPLEMENT C4B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT FACTOR I; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84961589025     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: 18790542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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