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ExoU-induced procoagulant activity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected airway cells.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Dec 2008
Plotkowski M C, Feliciano L F P, Machado G B S, Cunha L G, Freitas C, Saliba A M, de Assis M C
Abstract excerpt
The present study addressed the question whether ExoU, a Pseudomonas aeruginosa toxin with phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity, may induce airway epithelial cells to overexpress tissue factor (TF) and exhibit a procoagulant phenotype. Cells from the human bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B line were infected with an ExoU-producing P. aeruginosa strain, pre-treated or not with the cytosolic PLA2 inhibitor methylarachidonyl...
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