A Mathematical Model of CR3/TLR2 Crosstalk in the Context of Francisella tularensis Infection

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Leander, Rachel ^a   Dai, Shipan ^a   Schlesinger, Larry S ^a   Friedman, Avner ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; CYTOLOGY; MACROPHAGES; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CYTOKINES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN MACROPHAGES; INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEMS; INTRACELLULAR PATHOGENS; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS; PHAGOCYTOSE; SIGNALING COMPONENTS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

CROSSTALK;

COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR 3; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAS PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TULAREMIA;

EID: 84870688032     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002757     Document Type: Article

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