Bacillus anthracis Peptidoglycan Stimulates an Inflammatory Response in Monocytes through the p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway

Marybeth Langer; Alexander Malykhin; Kenichiro Maeda; Kaushik Chakrabarty; Kelly S. Williamson; Christa L. Feasley; Christopher M. West; Jordan P. Metcalf; K. Mark Coggeshall

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003706

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Bacillus anthracis Peptidoglycan Stimulates an Inflammatory Response in Monocytes through the p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway

Marybeth Langer,

Affiliation Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Alexander Malykhin,

Affiliation Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Kenichiro Maeda,

Affiliation Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Kaushik Chakrabarty,

Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Kelly S. Williamson,

Affiliation Free Radical Biology & Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Christa L. Feasley,

Affiliation Oklahoma Center for Medical Glycobiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Christopher M. West,

Affiliation Oklahoma Center for Medical Glycobiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Jordan P. Metcalf,

Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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K. Mark Coggeshall

* E-mail: Mark-Coggeshall@omrf.ouhsc.edu.

Affiliation Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Bacillus anthracis Peptidoglycan Stimulates an Inflammatory Response in Monocytes through the p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway

Marybeth Langer,
Alexander Malykhin,
Kenichiro Maeda,
Kaushik Chakrabarty,
Kelly S. Williamson,
Christa L. Feasley,
Christopher M. West,
Jordan P. Metcalf,
K. Mark Coggeshall

Published: November 12, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003706

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