Differential interaction of dendritic cells with Rickettsia conorii: Impact on host susceptibility to murine spotted fever rickettsiosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3112-3123

  Fang, Rong ^a   Ismail, Nahed ^a   Soong, Lynn ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^a   Whitworth, Ted ^a   Bouyer, Donald H ^a   Walker, David H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN P40; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENDRITIC CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 34249898050     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00007-07     Document Type: Article

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