Border Patrol Gone Awry: Lung NKT Cell Activation by Francisella tularensis Exacerbates Tularemia-Like Disease

Timothy M. Hill; Pavlo Gilchuk; Basak B. Cicek; Maria A. Osina; Kelli L. Boyd; Douglas M. Durrant; Dennis W. Metzger; Kamal M. Khanna; Sebastian Joyce

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004975

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Border Patrol Gone Awry: Lung NKT Cell Activation by Francisella tularensis Exacerbates Tularemia-Like Disease

Timothy M. Hill,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Pavlo Gilchuk,

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Basak B. Cicek,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America
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Maria A. Osina,

Affiliation Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Kelli L. Boyd,

Affiliation Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Douglas M. Durrant,

Current address: Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
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Dennis W. Metzger,

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
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Kamal M. Khanna,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America
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Sebastian Joyce

* E-mail: sebastian.joyce@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Border Patrol Gone Awry: Lung NKT Cell Activation by Francisella tularensis Exacerbates Tularemia-Like Disease

Timothy M. Hill,
Pavlo Gilchuk,
Basak B. Cicek,
Maria A. Osina,
Kelli L. Boyd,
Douglas M. Durrant,
Dennis W. Metzger,
Kamal M. Khanna,
Sebastian Joyce

Published: June 11, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004975

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