Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides in Plant and Mammalian Innate Immunity

Title:Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides in Plant and Mammalian Innate Immunity

Volume: 19 Issue: 10

Author(s): Cristina De Castro, Otto Holst, Rosa Lanzetta, Michelangelo Parrilli and Antonio Molinaro

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Keywords: Endotoxin, innate immunity, lipid A, LPS, PAMP, PRR, Gram negative bacteria, immune system, lipid bilayer, hydrophilic compounds

Abstract: This mini-review gives a structural view on the lipopolysaccharides (LPSs), the endotoxin from Gram negative bacteria, paying attention on the features that are relevant for their activity as elicitors of the innate immune system of humans, animals and plants.

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De Castro Cristina, Holst Otto, Lanzetta Rosa, Parrilli Michelangelo and Molinaro Antonio, Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides in Plant and Mammalian Innate Immunity, Protein & Peptide Letters 2012; 19 (10) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986612802762714