Respiratory infection with Francisella novicida induces rapid dystrophic cardiac calcinosis (DCC)

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-78

  Roth, Kimberly M ^a   Oghumu, Steve ^a   Satoskar, Anjali A ^a   Gunn, John S ^a   Van Rooijen, Nico ^b   Satoskar, Abhay R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerosol infection; Francisella novicida; Osteopontin; Pericardial calcification

Indexed keywords

OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; OSTEOPONTIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CALCINOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSTROPHIC CARDIAC CALCINOSIS; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; INFECTION; LIVER INJURY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OSTEOPONTIN; RANK LIGAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 43349102845     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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