Innate immunity against Francisella tularensis is dependent on the ASC/caspase-1 axis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 202, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1043-1049

  Mariathasan, Sanjeev ^a   Weiss, David S ^b   Dixit, Vishva M ^a   Monack, Denise M ^b  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOSOL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TULAREMIA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 1; CELL DEATH; CYTOKINES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSOL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TULAREMIA;

EID: 26844452231     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20050977     Document Type: Article

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