Early interactions between fully virulent Bacillus anthracis and macrophages that influence the balance between spore clearance and development of a lethal infection

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 613-619

  Cote, Christopher K ^a   DiMezzo, Tracy L ^a   Banks, David J ^b   France, Bryan ^b   Bradley, Kenneth A ^b   Welkos, Susan L ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax toxin receptor; Bacillus anthracis; Macrophages; Mice; Spores

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INOCULATION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 44449150955     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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