Neutrophil accumulation around Onchocerca worms and chemotaxis of neutrophils are dependent on Wolbachia endobacteria

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 439-446

  Brattig, Norbert W ^a   Büttner, Dietrich W ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Endobacteria; Interleukin 8; Neutrophilic granulocytes; Onchocerca; Tumor necrosis factor; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; INTERLEUKIN 8; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; WOLBACHIA;

CERVIDAE; FILARIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; VERMES; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0034985035     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01399-5     Document Type: Article

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