TpF1 from Treponema pallidum activates inflammasome and promotes the development of regulatory T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1377-1384

  Babolin, Chiara ^a,b   Amedei, Amedeo ^c,d   Ozoliņš, Dzintars ^e   Žileviča, Aija ^f   D'Elios, Mario Milco ^c,d   De Bernard, Marina ^a,b  

^a VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TPF1 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; SYPHILIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 80051636535     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100615     Document Type: Article

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