Borrelia burgdorferi Outer Membrane Protein A Induces Nuclear Translocation of Nuclear Factor-κB and Inflammatory Activation in Human Endothelial Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4584-4590

  Mark Wooten, R ^a   Modur, Vijayanand R ^a,b   McIntyre, Thomas M ^a,b   Weis, Janis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; NF-KAPPA B; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0030588677     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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