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ArticleCurrent protocols in microbiology2008

Laboratory maintenance of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis and recovery of organisms for molecular biology and proteomics studies.

Chuanmin Cheng, Roman R Ganta

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Article in Current protocols in microbiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chuanmin ChengDepartment of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
Roman R Ganta
Kansas State University · US

Funding

Vector and Host Contributions to the Regulation of E. Chaffeensis Gene ExpressionR01AI070908 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI ROMAN R. GANTA · 2008 to 2026
$6.9M
Cellular Immunity Against Ehrlichia chaffeensisR01AI055052 · NIAID · KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GANTA, ROMAN R. · 2003 to 2007
$1.5M
Vector and Host Contributions to the Regulation of E. chaffeensis Gene ExpressionR56AI070908 · NIAID · KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GANTA, ROMAN R. · 2013 to 2013
$426k
NIAID NIH HHS AI055052NIAID NIH HHS AI070908NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI055052NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI070908NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI070908
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tick-borne illnesses are emerging as a major concern for human health in recent years. These include the human monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by the Amblyomma americanum tick-transmitted bacterium, Ehrlichia chaffeensis; human ewingii ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia ewingii (also transmitted by A. americanum ticks); and human granulocytic anaplasmosis caused by the Ixodes scapularis tick-transmitted pathogen, Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Likewise, tick-borne rickettsial pathogens are also a major concern to the health of various vertebrates including dogs, cattle, and several wild animals. In vitro-cultured pathogens grown in a vertebrate host cell and a tick cell culture system will be useful in studies to understand the pathogenic differences as well as to perform experimental infection studies and to generate large quantities of purified antigens. In this unit, methods for culturing E. chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis (a canine monocytic ehrlichiosis pathogen) in cell lines to represent vertebrate and tick hosts are described. The unit also includes methods useful in purifying bacteria from the host cells and to evaluate proteins by 2-D gel electrophoresis and western blotting.

Indexed as

Ehrlichia chaffeensisAnimalsBacteriological TechniquesBlotting, WesternCell LineCryopreservationDogsEhrlichia canisElectrophoresis, Gel, Two-DimensionalFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectMolecular BiologyProteomicsStaining and LabelingTicks

Identifiers

PMID18770537
PMCPMC8336927
OpenAlexW1494458455

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