Genetic control of the innate immune response to Borrelia hermsii influences the course of relapsing fever in inbred strains of mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 586-594

  Benoit, Vivian M ^a   Petrich, Annett ^b   Alugupalli, Kishore R ^c   Marty Roix, Robin ^a   Moter, Annette ^b   Leong, John M ^a   Boyartchuk, Victor L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAG2 PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RELAPSING FEVER; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 76749111626     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01216-09     Document Type: Article

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