Hijacked phagosomes and leukocyte activation: An intimate relationship

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 373-382

  Barry, Abdoulaye Oury ^a   Mege, Jean Louis ^a   Ghigo, Eric ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cytokines; Endosomes; Phagolysosomes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 6;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOGENESIS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYSOSOME; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LYSOSOMES; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHAGOSOMES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952217662     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0510270     Document Type: Review

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