Pathogenic triad in bacterial meningitis: Pathogen invasion, NF-κB activation, and leukocyte transmigration that occur at the blood-brain barrier

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue FEB, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Shifu ^a,b   Peng, Liang ^c   Gai, Zhongtao ^a   Zhang, Lehai ^a   Jong, Ambrose ^b   Cao, Hong ^d   Huang, Sheng He ^b  

^a QILU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Blood brain barrier; Leukocyte transmigration; NF B activation; Pathogen invasion; Pathogenic triad

Indexed keywords

3 (4 TERT BUTYLPHENYLSULFONYL) 2 PROPENENITRILE; CAFFEIC ACID PHENETHYL ESTER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON; MEMANTINE; N ACETYL LEUCINYL LEUCINYL NORLEUCINAL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; SIMVASTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DRUG TARGETING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84962076668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00148     Document Type: Review

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