Macrophages are the first line of defense against microbial pathogens; they recognize microbial structures and products via surface receptors (Fc, C3b, SR, TLR) and intracellular antigen sensors (NLR family). Engagement of surface receptors results in phagocytosis of the microbe into a specialized vacuole, the phagosome. Through a series of fusogenic events, the phagosome matures into a fully microbicidal phagolysosome that is highly acidic and contains a number of degradative enzymes and toxic molecules that cause destruction of the microbe. Salmonella typhimurium (S. typhimurium) and Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila) are two pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria that are able to block phagosome maturation. Our hypothesis is that the mac...
Studies of innate immunity in metazoans have largely focused on detection of microbial molecules by ...
BACKGROUND: Leishmania are obligated intracellular pathogens that replicate almost exclusively in ma...
Macrophages are pivotal constituents of the innate immune system, vital for recognition and eliminat...
Salmonella Typhimurium infection of murine macrophages provides a robust model for studying host-pa...
The complex response of murine macrophages to infection with Streptococcus pyogenes was investigated...
The innate immune system uses pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) that recognize conserved microbi...
The innate immune system responds to infectious threats by detecting specific molecular structures c...
The cDNA expression array technique is a powerful tool to determine, at one time from many genes, sp...
BACKGROUND:Legionella pneumophila is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that invades and replicates...
<div><p>Background</p><p><i>Legionella pneumophila</i> is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that i...
Legionnaires\u27 disease is an acute lobar pneumonia caused, primarily by the facultative intracellu...
species (etiological agents of Kala-Azar and cutaneous leishmaniasis). Although recent studies have...
The mucosal surfaces of metazoan organisms provide niches for colonization by commensal microbes. Ho...
L. pneumophila is the causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease, a human illness characterized by se...
AbstractLegionella pneumophila is the causative agent of the pneumonia-like Legionnaires’ disease. T...
Studies of innate immunity in metazoans have largely focused on detection of microbial molecules by ...
BACKGROUND: Leishmania are obligated intracellular pathogens that replicate almost exclusively in ma...
Macrophages are pivotal constituents of the innate immune system, vital for recognition and eliminat...
Salmonella Typhimurium infection of murine macrophages provides a robust model for studying host-pa...
The complex response of murine macrophages to infection with Streptococcus pyogenes was investigated...
The innate immune system uses pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) that recognize conserved microbi...
The innate immune system responds to infectious threats by detecting specific molecular structures c...
The cDNA expression array technique is a powerful tool to determine, at one time from many genes, sp...
BACKGROUND:Legionella pneumophila is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that invades and replicates...
<div><p>Background</p><p><i>Legionella pneumophila</i> is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that i...
Legionnaires\u27 disease is an acute lobar pneumonia caused, primarily by the facultative intracellu...
species (etiological agents of Kala-Azar and cutaneous leishmaniasis). Although recent studies have...
The mucosal surfaces of metazoan organisms provide niches for colonization by commensal microbes. Ho...
L. pneumophila is the causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease, a human illness characterized by se...
AbstractLegionella pneumophila is the causative agent of the pneumonia-like Legionnaires’ disease. T...
Studies of innate immunity in metazoans have largely focused on detection of microbial molecules by ...
BACKGROUND: Leishmania are obligated intracellular pathogens that replicate almost exclusively in ma...
Macrophages are pivotal constituents of the innate immune system, vital for recognition and eliminat...