Editorial: Proinflammatory cytokines in pneumonic tularemia: Too much too late?

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-470

  Cowley, Siobhán C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bacterial; Lung; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP; RANTES; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TULAREMIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TULAREMIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70149123861     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0309119     Document Type: Editorial

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