Virulent Type A Francisella tularensis actively suppresses cytokine responses in human monocytes

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Gillette, Devyn D ^a   Curry, Heather M ^a   Cremer, Thomas ^a   Ravneberg, David ^a   Fatehchand, Kavin ^a   Shah, Prexy A ^a   Wewers, Mark D ^a   Schlesinger, Larry S ^a   Butchar, Jonathan P ^a   Tridandapani, Susheela ^a   Gavrilin, Mikhail A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Francisella; Innate immunity; Monocytes; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED INFECTION; MONOCYTE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA; CELL CULTURE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MONOCYTES; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84924842477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00045     Document Type: Article

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