Lymphotoxin-α Plays Only a Minor Role in Host Resistance to Respiratory Infection with Virulent Type A Francisella tularensis in Mice

• 主要な著者: Deng Zhang (著者), Rhonda KuoLee (著者), Greg Harris (著者), Qinxian Zhang (著者), J. Wayne Conlan (著者), Wangxue Chen (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Hindawi Limited, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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This study examined the role of lymphotoxin (LT)-α in host defense against airborne infection with Francisella tularensis, a gram-negative facultative intracellular bacterium and the causative agent of tularemia. Following a low-dose aerosol infection with the highly virulent type A strain of F. tul...