Open Accessα‐Toxin Facilitates the Generation of CXC Chemokine Gradients and Stimulates Neutrophil Homing inStaphylococcus aureusPneumonia
Author(s) -
Allison H. Bartlett,
Timothy J. Foster,
Atsuko Hayashida,
Pyong Woo Park
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/592758
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , chemokine , panton–valentine leukocidin , cxcl1 , immunology , leukocidin , toxin , cxc chemokine receptors , pneumonia , biology , cxcl9 , medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , chemokine receptor , inflammation , genetics , bacteria
Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin is a major virulence factor, but its mechanism of action in vivo is incompletely understood.
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