Article
Role of SPI-1 in the interactions of Salmonella Typhimurium with porcine macrophages.
Veterinary microbiology - 10 Mar 2006
Boyen F, Pasmans F, Donné E, Van Immerseel F, Adriaensen C, Hernalsteens J-P, Ducatelle R, Haesebrouck F
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 (SPI-1) genes are indispensable for virulence of Salmonella Typhimurium in mice after oral challenge. These genes mediate invasion in intestinal epithelial cells and induce cell death in murine macrophages. The role of SPI-1 in the pathogenesis of Salmonella Typhimurium infections in food producing animals is not known. It was the aim of the present study to characterize the...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- DNA Primers
- Interleukin-8
- Macrophages, Alveolar
- Membrane Proteins
- Microfilament Proteins
- Mutation
- Phagosomes
- Reactive Oxygen Species
