| Literature DB >> 15155684 |
Kyoung-seong Choi1, Dennis J Grab, J Stephen Dumler.
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum-infected neutrophil degranulation could exacerbate inflammation. Thus, the degranulation of infected neutrophils was assayed. Infected neutrophils expressed CD11b and CD66b, and supernatants of infected neutrophils showed more proMMP-9 and MMP-9 activity than controls and continued to do so for > or =18 h. Degranulation-related inflammatory tissue injury may account for some clinical manifestations in human granulocytic anaplasmosis.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15155684 PMCID: PMC415649 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.6.3680-3683.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441