Phagocytosis of Treponema pallidum and reactive oxygen species production by isolated rat Kupffer cells

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 183-188

  Marangoni, Antonella ^a   Aldini, Rita ^a   Guardigli, Massimo ^a   Sambri, Vittorio ^a   Giacani, Lorenzo ^a   Montagnani, Marco ^a   Roda, Aldo ^a   Cevenini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Kupffer cells; Phagocytosis; Reactive oxygen species; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERNALIZATION; KUPFFER CELL; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY BURST; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HEAT; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; KUPFFER CELLS; OPSONIN PROTEINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RESPIRATORY BURST; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0344082059     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-002-0162-x     Document Type: Article

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