Rickettsia rickettsii infection of human macrovascular and microvascular endothelial cells reveals activation of both common and cell type-specific host response mechanisms

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2599-2606

  Rydkina, Elena ^a   Turpin, Loel C ^a   Sahni, Sanjeev K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; HEME OXYGENASE 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY ARTERY; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SKIN CELL; SPECIES; UMBILICAL VEIN;

BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG; PROSTAGLANDINS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SKIN;

EID: 77952735977     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01335-09     Document Type: Article

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