Macrophages Release Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin-12 in Response to Intracellular Bacillus anthracis Spores

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3069-3072

  Pickering, Alison K ^a   Merkel, Tod J ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL LINE; INTERLEUKIN-12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 2142659332     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.3069-3072.2004     Document Type: Article

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