New insight into immunity and immunopathology of Rickettsial diseases

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mansueto, Pasquale ^a   Vitale, Giustina ^a   Cascio, Antonio ^b   Seidita, Aurelio ^a   Pepe, Ilenia ^a   Carroccio, Antonio ^a   Di Rosa, Salvatore ^c   Rini, Giovam Battista ^a   Cillari, Enrico ^c   Walker, David H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Villa Sofia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATAXIN 1; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; L SELECTIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN B; PADGEM PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PROTEIN SCA2; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INVASION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG TARGETING; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBRINOLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMOSTASIS; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARGET CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; VACCINATION; VIRUS ENTRY; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOGENICITY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIEAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 81555221702     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: 17402530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/967852     Document Type: Review

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