Aberrantly low transferrin receptor expression on human monocytes is associated with nonpermissiveness for Legionella pneumophila growth

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1394-1400

  Byrd, Thomas F ^a   Horwitz, Marcus A ^b  

^a VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IRON METABOLISM; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MONOCYTE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; IRON; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LIGHT; MONOCYTES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0034121486     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315390     Document Type: Article

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