A bacterial cytokine

A bacterial cytokine.

Viable cells of Micrococcus luteus secrete a factor, which promotes the resuscitation and growth of dormant, nongrowing cells of the same organism. The resuscitation-promoting factor (Rpf) is a protein, which has been purified to homogeneity. In picomolar concentrations, it increases the viable cell count of dormant M. luteus cultures at least 100-fold and can also stimulate the growth of viabl...

Bacterial perturbation of cytokine networks.

Effects of Bacterial DNA on Cytokine

Plasma cytokine response in mice with bacterial infection.

BACKGROUND Exposure to microorganisms elicts the production of cytokines. These soluble factors enhance several innate immune functions and regulate the ensuing specific immune response aimed at limiting the spread of infection. AIM This study was undertaken to quantify the plasma levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines during the course of primary Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter jejuni...

Neonatal cord blood subsets and cytokine response to bacterial antigens.

We compared lymphocyte subsets and cytokine responses to bacteria among term, preterm infants, and adults. Lymphocyte subset percentages in cord blood (22 preterm, 27 term neonates) and peripheral blood from 21 adults and cytokine/chemokine interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, interferon gamma (IFN gamma) responses to Escherichia coli, group B Streptococcus (GBS), Staphylococcus epidermidis,...