Shield as signal: lipopolysaccharides and the evolution of immunity to gram-negative bacteria

PLoS Pathog. 2006 Jun;2(6):e67. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0020067.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acylation
  • Animals
  • Biological Evolution*
  • Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / physiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / immunology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / pathogenicity
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / physiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / immunology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Hydrolysis
  • Immunity, Innate / immunology*
  • Immunity, Innate / physiology
  • Immunity, Mucosal / immunology
  • Immunity, Mucosal / physiology
  • Lipid A / immunology
  • Lipid A / physiology*
  • Lipopolysaccharides / immunology*
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 / immunology
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 / physiology

Substances

  • Lipid A
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4
  • Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases
  • acyloxyacyl hydrolase