Contribution of gelatinase, serine protease, and fsr to the pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecalis endophthalmitis

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作者
Engelbert, M
Mylonakis, E
Ausubel, FM
Calderwood, SB
Gilmore, MS
机构
[1] Univ Oklahoma, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Ophthalmol, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 USA
[2] Univ Oklahoma, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 USA
[3] Harvard Univ, Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Sch Med, Div Infect Dis, Boston, MA USA
[4] Harvard Univ, Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Sch Med, Dept Mol Biol, Boston, MA USA
[5] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Boston, MA USA
[6] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Mol Genet, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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10.1128/IAI.72.6.3628-3633.2004
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Gelatinase and serine protease were found to contribute in concert to pathogenesis in a rabbit model of endophthalmitis. However, a mutant defective in the fsr regulator was observed to be more attenuated than a mutant rendered defective in the expression of gelatinase and serine protease as the result of a polar transposon insertion into the former. This increased attenuation suggests that there are possible additional pleiotropic effects of the defect in fsr on expression of traits contributing to the pathogenesis of enterococcal infection.
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