Lymphotoxin-α Plays Only a Minor Role in Host Resistance to Respiratory Infection with Virulent Type A Francisella tularensis in Mice

This study examined the role of lymphotoxin (LT)-α in host defense against airborne infection with Francisella tularensis, a gram-negative facultative intracellular bacterium and the causative agent of tularemia. Following a low-dose aerosol infection with the highly virulent type A strain of F. tul...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Deng, KuoLee, Rhonda, Harris, Greg, Zhang, Qinxian, Conlan, J. Wayne, Chen, Wangxue
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2519133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18769490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/239740

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2519133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18769490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/239740

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