Innate Immune Response of Corneal Epithelial Cells to<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Infection: Role of Peptidoglycan in Stimulating Proinflammatory Cytokine Secretion

Abstract

Corneal epithelial cells possess the ability to recognize the presence of Gram-positive bacteria and to initiate the innate immune responses by the expression and/or release of proinflammatory cytokines and beta-defensin-2 in the cornea.