Macrophages Ingest and Are Activated by Bacterial DNA

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2116-2122

  Stacey, Katryn J ^a,b   Sweet, Matthew J ^a   Hume, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030240062     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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