FIGURE 2.

Schematic overview of how S. aureus evades priming, chemotaxis, and activation of neutrophils. Red boxes indicate staphylococcal proteins, and proteins shown in blue indicate host proteins. Abbreviations: TLR, Toll-like receptor; CXCR, chemokine receptor; ScpA, staphopain A; SSL, staphylococcal superantigen-like protein; FPR, formyl peptide receptor; FLIPr, FPR2 inhibitory protein; C5aR, C5a receptor; CHIPS, chemotaxis inhibitory protein of Staphylococcus; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase. The figure was adapted from Servier Medical Art.