Inflammatory responses induced by the filarial nematode Brugia malayi are mediated by lipopolysaccharide-like activity from endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1429-1435

  Taylor, Mark J ^a   Cross, Helen F ^a   Bilo, Katja ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Filariasis; Lipopolysaccharide; Pathogenesis; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CD14 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELL LINE; CULICIDAE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0034678425     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.8.1429     Document Type: Article

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