Lack of evidence for the direct activation of endothelial cells by adult female and microfilarial excretory-secretory products

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Weinkopff, Tiffany ^a   Lammie, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXOCRINE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SECRETORY CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERBIL; LYMPH VESSEL; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; NF-KAPPA B; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 79960980499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022282     Document Type: Article

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