Capsules of virulent pneumococcal serotypes enhance formation of neutrophil extracellular traps during in vivo pathogenesis of pneumonia

• Main Authors: Moorthy, A.N, Rai, P, Jiao, H, Wang, S, Tan, K.B, Qin, L, Watanabe, H, Zhang, Y, Teluguakula, N, Chow, V.T.K
• Other Authors: MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: cytokine; interleukin 10; interleukin 17; interleukin 1beta; interleukin 6; myeloperoxidase; tumor necrosis factor alpha; animal cell; animal experiment; animal model; animal tissue; Article; bacterial capsule; bacterial strain; bacterial virulence; controlled study; disease severity; enzyme activity; extracellular trap; female; in vivo study; influenza; innate immunity; mouse; nonhuman; pathogenesis; pneumonia; serotype; Streptococcus pneumoniae; animal; Bagg albino mouse; classification; gene expression; genetics; host pathogen interaction; immunology; lung; metabolism; microbiology; mutation; neutrophil; pathology; serotyping; Streptococcus pneumonia; virulence; Animals; Bacterial Capsules; Cytokines; Extracellular Traps; Female; Gene Expression; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Lung; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Mutation; Neutrophils; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal; Serotyping; Virulence
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/174096
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.18632/oncotarget.8451