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

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...

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Main Authors: Deng Zhang, Rhonda KuoLee, Greg Harris, Qinxian Zhang, J. Wayne Conlan, Wangxue Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/239740
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