Poly-N-acetyl glucosamine expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm cells affects the immune response and promotes tissue pathology in infected hosts

Pedro Ferreirinha,Begoña Pérez-Cabezas,Alexandra Correia,Bruna Miyazawa,Virgínia Maria Dinis Carvalhais,Ângela Maria Oliveira Sousa França,Augusto Faustinho,Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva,Luzia Teixeira,Geral Pier,Nuno Cerca,Manuel Vilanova

Poly-N-acetyl glucosamine expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm cells affects the immune response and promotes tissue pathology in infected hosts

2015

Pedro Ferreirinha
Begoña Pérez-Cabezas
Alexandra Correia
Bruna Miyazawa
Virgínia Maria Dinis Carvalhais
Ângela Maria Oliveira Sousa França
Augusto Faustinho
Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva
Luzia Teixeira
Geral Pier
Nuno Cerca
Manuel Vilanova

FCT and COMPETE grants PTDC/BIA-MIC/113450/2009 and FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-14309. PF, AC, LT and VC were supported by FCT grants SFRH/BD/76900/2011, SFRH/BPD/91623/2012, IF/01241/2014, SFRH/BD/78235/2011

Keywords:

Glucosamine
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Immune system
Immunology
Functional testing (manufacturing)
Biology
Biofilm
n acetyl glucosamine
Microbiology

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