TY - GEN AU - Ramos-Sevillano, Elisa AU - Urzainqui, Ana AU - Campuzano, Susana AU - Moscoso, Miriam AU - Gonzalez-Camacho, Fernando AU - Domenech Lucas, Mirian AU - Rodriguez de Cordoba, Santiago AU - Sánchez Madrid, Francisco AU - Brown, Jeremy S AU - García, Ernesto AU - Yuste, Jose Enrique PY - 2015 DO - 10.1128/IAI.02811-14 SN - 0019-9567 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/8592 AB - The complement system is a key component of the host immune response for the recognition and clearance of Streptococcus pneumoniae. In this study, we demonstrate that the amidase LytA, the main pneumococcal autolysin, inhibits complement-mediated... LA - eng PB - American Society for Microbiology (ASM) KW - Animals KW - Bacterial Capsules KW - Bacterial Proteins KW - Cell Wall KW - Complement Activation KW - Complement C3 KW - Complement Factor H KW - Histocompatibility Antigens KW - Host-Pathogen Interactions KW - Mice KW - Mice, Inbred C57BL KW - N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase KW - Phagocytosis KW - Phosphorylcholine KW - Pneumococcal Infections KW - Polysaccharides, Bacterial KW - Sepsis KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - Streptolysins TI - Pleiotropic effects of cell wall amidase LytA on Streptococcus pneumoniae sensitivity to the host immune response TY - research article ER -