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Early activation of NK cells after lung infection with the intracellular bacterium, Francisella tularensis LVS.
Cellular immunology - 1 Jan 2000
López María C, Duckett Nathalie S, Baron Shawn D, Metzger Dennis W
Abstract excerpt
Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative intracellular bacterium that has been classified as a Category A biothreat because of its ability to induce deadly pneumonic tularemia when inhaled. In the present study, an experimental model of F. tularensis LVS intranasal infection was used to study the immune cells involved in cytokine secretion in the lungs after infection. Dramatic increases in the numbers of cells...
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