Cutting edge: Mutation of Francisella tularensis mviN leads to increased macrophage absent in melanoma 2 inflammasome activation and a loss of virulence

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2670-2674

  Ulland, Tyler K ^a   Buchan, Blake W ^a   Ketterer, Margaret R ^a   Fernandes Alnemri, Teresa ^c   Meyerholz, David K ^b   Apicella, Michael A ^a   Alnemri, Emad S ^c   Jones, Bradley D ^a   Nauseef, William M ^a,b,d   Sutterwala, Fayyaz S ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENT IN MELANOMA 2 INFLAMMASOME; APOPTOSIS ASSOCIATED SPECK LIKE PROTEIN SPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MVIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIM2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; AUTACOID; BACTERIAL VACCINE; MVIN PROTEIN, FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL; TULAREMIA; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW CELL; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BONE MARROW CELLS; DOWN-REGULATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78049394393     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001610     Document Type: Article

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