Exposure to Leishmania braziliensis Triggers Neutrophil Activation and Apoptosis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Falcão, Sarah A C ^a   Weinkopff, Tiffany ^b   Hurrell, Benjamin P ^b   Celes, Fabiana S ^a   Curvelo, Rebecca P ^a   Prates, Deboraci B ^c   Barral, Aldina ^a,d   Borges, Valeria M ^a,d   Tacchini Cottier, Fabienne ^b   de Oliveira, Camila I ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Investigacao em Imunologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD18 ANTIGEN; L SELECTIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY BURST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD18; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; L-SELECTIN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHILS; SUPEROXIDES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84928816141     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003601     Document Type: Article

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