Ehrlichia chaffeensis exploits canonical and noncanonical host Wnt signaling pathways to stimulate phagocytosis and promote intracellular survival

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 686-700

  Luo, Tian ^a   Dunphy, Paige S ^a   Lina, Taslima T ^a   McBride, Jere W ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; FIBRONECTIN 1; FOS LIKE ANTIGEN 1; GELATINASE A; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; MYC PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAC1 PROTEIN; S PHASE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 4; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 5; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TANDEM REPEAT PROTEIN 120; TANDEM REPEAT PROTEIN 32; TANDEM REPEAT PROTEIN 47; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFATC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT10A PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; WNT6 PROTEIN; WNT7B PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN MONOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; INTERNALIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84962157120     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01289-15     Document Type: Article

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