Mechanism of high susceptibility of iron-overloaded mouse to Vibrio vulnificus infection

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 871-878

  Hor, Lien I ^a   Chang, Yir Kun ^a   Chang, Chien Chung ^b   Lei, Huan Yao ^a   Ou, Jonathan T ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Cytotoxicity; Growth; Iron overloading; Mouse virulence test; TNF ; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENDOTOXIN; GALACTOSAMINE; IRON; IRON DEXTRAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LD 50; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CELL DEATH; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LETHAL DOSE 50; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; NEUTROPHILS; PERITONEUM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034529839     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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