Host stress hormone norepinephrine stimulates pneumococcal growth, biofilm formation and virulence gene expression

BACKGROUND: Host signals are being shown to have a major impact on the bacterial phenotype. One of them is the endogenously produced catecholamine stress hormones, which are also used therapeutically as inotropes. Recent work form our laboratories have found that stress hormones can markedly increas...

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Autores principales: Sandrini, Sara, Alghofaili, Fayez, Freestone, Primrose, Yesilkaya, Hasan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24996423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-14-180

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24996423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-14-180

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