Discordant Results Obtained with Francisella tularensis during In Vitro and In Vivo Immunological Studies Are Attributable to Compromised Bacterial Structural Integrity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Singh, Anju ^a   Rahman, Tabassum ^a   Malik, Meenakshi ^a,c   Hickey, Anthony J ^a,d   Leifer, Cynthia A ^b   Hazlett, Karsten R O ^a   Sellati, Timothy J ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^c ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE EVASION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CYTOKINES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TULAREMIA; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 84874885642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058513     Document Type: Article

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