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ArticlePLoS pathogens2008

Brucella control of dendritic cell maturation is dependent on the TIR-containing protein Btp1.

Suzana P Salcedo, María Ines Marchesini, Hugues Lelouard, Emilie Fugier, Gilles Jolly, Stephanie Balor, Alexandre Muller, Nicolas Lapaque, Olivier Demaria, Lena Alexopoulou and 4 more

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 165 papers.

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165citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

165 citing papers in PubMed, 281 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Suzana P SalcedoCentre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille Université, Faculté de Sciences de Luminy, Marseille, France.
María Ines Marchesini
Hugues Lelouard
Emilie Fugier
Gilles Jolly
Stephanie Balor
Alexandre Muller
Nicolas Lapaque
Olivier Demaria
Lena Alexopoulou
Diego J Comerci
Rodolfo A Ugalde
Philippe Pierre
Jean-Pierre Gorvel
Inserm · FRAix-Marseille Université · FRCentre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRNational University of General San Martín · ARConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brucella is an intracellular pathogen able to persist for long periods of time within the host and establish a chronic disease. We show that soon after Brucella inoculation in intestinal loops, dendritic cells from ileal Peyer's patches become infected and constitute a cell target for this pathogen. In vitro, we found that Brucella replicates within dendritic cells and hinders their functional activation. In addition, we identified a new Brucella protein Btp1, which down-modulates maturation of infected dendritic cells by interfering with the TLR2 signaling pathway. These results show that intracellular Brucella is able to control dendritic cell function, which may have important consequences in the development of chronic brucellosis.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsAnimalsBrucella abortusBrucellosisCells, CulturedCell SurvivalCytokinesDendritic CellsDisease Models, AnimalDown-RegulationIleumMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLPeyer's PatchesToll-Like Receptor 2CytokinesTLR2 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 2

Identifiers

PMID18266466
PMCPMC2233671
OpenAlexW1978555736

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