Hypoxic regulation of neutrophil function and consequences for Staphylococcus aureus infection

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 166-176

  Lodge, Katharine M ^a   Thompson, A A Roger ^b   Chilvers, Edwin R ^a   Condliffe, Alison M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Neutrophil; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SENSING; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; IMMUNITY, INNATE; NEUTROPHILS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 85005870142     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2016.10.005     Document Type: Article

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