The Passenger Domain of Bartonella bacilliformis BafA Promotes Endothelial Cell Angiogenesis via the VEGF Receptor Signaling Pathway

The Passenger Domain of Bartonella bacilliformis BafA Promotes Endothelial Cell Angiogenesis via the VEGF Receptor Signaling Pathway

ABSTRACT Bartonella bacilliformis is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that provokes pathological angiogenesis and causes Carrion’s disease, a neglected tropical disease restricted to South America. Little is known about how B. bacilliformis facilitates vasoproliferation resulting in hemangioma in...

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Main Authors: Kentaro Tsukamoto, Kayo Kumadaki, Kaoru Tatematsu, Natsumi Suzuki, Yohei Doi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Bartonella
autotransporter
angiogenesis
endothelial cell
VEGF receptor
BafA
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00081-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00081-22

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