Flow-Tolerant Adhesion of a Bacterial Pathogen to Human Endothelial Cells Through Interaction With Biglycan

Conclusions. The proteoglycan biglycan is a receptor molecule for flow-resistant adhesion of the bacterial pathogen B. garinii on human endothelial cells.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - April 19, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Salo, J., Pietikäinen, A., Söderström, M., Auvinen, K., Salmi, M., Ebady, R., Moriarty, T. J., Viljanen, M. K., Hytönen, J. Tags: BACTERIA Source Type: research