| Literature DB >> 1398958 |
J J Kim1, D Zhou, R E Mandrell, J M Griffiss.
Abstract
Serum-sensitive Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains become serum resistant when grown in the presence of a sialic acid precursor, cytidine monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid. We examined the abilities of human neutrophils to phagocytose sialylated and nonsialylated gonococci and observed a decrease in the complement-dependent phagocytosis of sialylated gonococci compared with that of nonsialylated gonococci (50.7 versus 25.9% survival at 30 min). This decrease in opsonophagocytosis after sialylation may contribute to the pathogenicity of gonococcal infections.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1398958 PMCID: PMC257487 DOI: 10.1128/iai.60.10.4439-4442.1992
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441