Gene expression profiles of immune mediators and histopathological findings in animal models of leptospirosis: Comparison between susceptible hamsters and resistant mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4480-4492

  Matsui, Mariko ^a   Rouleau, Vincent ^b   Bruyère Ostells, Lilian ^a   Goarant, Cyrille ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^b Territorial Hospital Centre of New Caledonia   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HAMSTER; HEPATITIS; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MEDIATOR; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER; LUNG; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 80855140156     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05727-11     Document Type: Article

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