Molecular and cellular pathobiology of Ehrlichia infection: Targets for new therapeutics and immunomodulation strategies

Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  McBride, Jere W ^a   Walker, David H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; ANKYRIN 200; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA LIKE POLYPEPTIDE 1; IRON; NON RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 2; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP RING FINGER 5 PROTEIN; TANDEM REPEAT PROTEIN; TANDEM REPEAT PROTEIN 47; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EHRLICHIA; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TICK;

ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA; EUKARYOTA; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIALES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; TICKS;

EID: 79953746242     PISSN: 14623994     EISSN: 14623994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1462399410001730     Document Type: Article

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