Biofilm-derived Legionella pneumophila evades the innate immune response in macrophages

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Khweek, Arwa Abu ^a   Fernández Dávila, Natalia S ^a   Caution, Kyle ^a   Akhter, Anwari ^a   Abdulrahman, Basant A ^a,b   Tazi, Mia ^a   Hassan, Hoda ^a   Novotny, Laura A ^c   Bakaletz, Lauren O ^a,c   Amer, Amal O ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Helwan   (Egypt)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Caspase 1; Flagellin; Inflammasome; Innate immunity; Legionella pneumophila

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 7; FLAGELLIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84897922734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00018     Document Type: Article

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