Cell death programmes in monocytes during bacterial infection

Peripheral blood monocytes represent the rapid response component of the mononuclear phagocyte host defence. This thesis has examined the fate of highly purified human monocytes following challenge with a range of Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial pathogens. Exposure of monocytes to high bac...

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Main Author: Webster, Steven John
Published: University of Sheffield 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557420