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- Pneumolysin is a virulence factor of the Gram-positive bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae. It is a pore-forming toxin of 53 kDa composed of 471 amino acids...
- Pro-inflammatory effects are exhibited by the single pneumococcal toxin, pneumolysin (Ply); use of anti-Ply antibodies result in decreased inflammation. Studies...
- when the immune system of the host is suppressed. Invasins, such as pneumolysin, an antiphagocytic capsule, various adhesins, and immunogenic cell wall...
- pneumolysin, which is released from the cytoplasm of Streptococcus pneumoniae when the bacteria lyse. The CDCs Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumolysin,...
- host immune cells by inhibiting C3b opsonization of the bacterial cells Pneumolysin (Ply)—a 53-kDa pore-forming protein that can cause lysis of host cells...
- proliferation, phagocytosis, and proinflammatory cytokine release. CDCs, such as pneumolysin, from S. pneumoniae, form pores as large as 260 Å (26 nm), containing...
- HR (2005). "Structural basis of pore formation by the bacterial toxin pneumolysin". Cell. 121 (2): 247–56. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.02.033. PMID 15851031...
- E. coli α-hemolysin, Aeromonas aerolysin) to 25–30 nm (streplysin O, pneumolysin). Depending on how the pores are formed, the pore forming cytolysins...
- shared by all CDCs, which essentially corresponds to the sequence of pneumolysin, the shortest member of the family. CDCs with longer sequences usually...
- Gerber J, Spreer A, Bähr M, Michel U, Nau R (2002). "Neurotoxicity of pneumolysin, a major pneumococcal virulence factor, involves calcium influx and depends...