Non-opsonic recognition of mycobacterium tuberculosis by phagocytes

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-243

  Schäfer, Georgia ^a   Jacobs, Muazzam ^a   Wilkinson, Robert J ^a,b,c   Brown, Gordon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innate immune receptors; Mycobacteria; Non opsonic receptors

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD209 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3 RECEPTOR; DECTIN 1; HERMES ANTIGEN; LEUKOSIALIN; MANNOSE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MACROPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHAGOCYTES; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953385980     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000173703     Document Type: Review

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