Involvement of Pore Formation and Osmotic Lysis in the Rapid Killing of Gamma Interferon-Pretreated C166 Endothelial Cells by Rickettsia prowazekii
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DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed7080163
Abstract: Rickettsia prowazekii, the bacterial cause of epidemic typhus in humans, proliferates mainly within the microvascular endothelial cells. Previous studies have shown that murine macrophage-like RAW264.7 cells are rapidly damaged if they are pretreated with gamma… read more here.
Keywords: osmotic lysis; gamma interferon; endothelial cells; formation ... See more keywords