Anaplasma phagocytophilum reduces neutrophil apoptosis in vivo

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1995-2001

  Scaife, Helena ^a   Woldehiwet, Zerai ^a   Hart, C Anthony ^a   Edwards, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CONCANAVALIN A; DACTINOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; LIPOCORTIN 5;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EHRLICHIOSIS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NADPH OXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; RESPIRATORY BURST; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0344405661     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.1995-2001.2003     Document Type: Article

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