Neutrophil elastase mediates pathogenic effects of anthrax lethal toxin in the murine intestinal tract

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5463-5467

  Fang, Hui ^a   Sun, Chen ^a   Xu, Lixin ^a   Owen, Robert J ^a   Auth, Roger D ^a   Snoy, Philip J ^b   Frucht, David M ^a  

^a Center for Drug Evaluation and Research   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PANCREATIC ELASTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; EX VIVO STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; INTESTINE ULCER; LEUKOCYTE CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; INTESTINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUTROPHILS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE;

EID: 78149487313     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002471     Document Type: Article

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