| Literature DB >> 12438403 |
Bruce W Jarvis1, Tajie H Harris, Nilofer Qureshi, Gary A Splitter.
Abstract
The intracellular, gram-negative pathogen Brucella abortus establishes chronic infections in host macrophages while downregulating cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). When producing TNF-alpha, Brucella abortus rough lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activates the same mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways (ERK and JNK) as Escherichia coli LPS, but Brucella LPS is a much less potent agonist.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12438403 PMCID: PMC132973 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.7165-7168.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441