Immune responses to intracellular bacteria

Curr Opin Immunol. 2001 Aug;13(4):417-28. doi: 10.1016/s0952-7915(00)00236-3.

Abstract

The multifaceted dialogue between intracellular bacteria and the mammalian host continues to be an exciting issue from both the scientific and public-health viewpoint. The recent year has witnessed some particularly impressive progress in knowledge about the two major culprits affecting the health of mankind, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Salmonella typhi - the causative agents of tuberculosis and typhoid fever.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis
  • Bacterial Infections / immunology*
  • Bacterial Infections / metabolism
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Bacterial Infections / pathology
  • Carrier State / immunology
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / pathogenicity
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism
  • Phagocytes / immunology
  • Phagocytes / metabolism
  • Phagocytes / microbiology
  • Phagocytes / pathology
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
  • Salmonella typhi / immunology
  • Salmonella typhi / pathogenicity
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / immunology
  • Typhoid Fever / immunology

Substances

  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Nitric Oxide