Endothelial Exosome Plays a Functional Role during Rickettsial Infection

mBio (Jun 2021)

Affiliations

Yakun Liu: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Changcheng Zhou: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Zhengchen Su: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Qing Chang: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Yuan Qiu: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
Jiani Bei: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Angelo Gaitas: The Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
Jie Xiao: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Alexandra Drelich: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Kamil Khanipov: Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Yang Jin: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Georgiy Golovko: Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Tais B. Saito: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Bin Gong: ORCiD; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

Abstract

Spotted fever group rickettsioses are devastating human infections. Vascular endothelial cells are the primary targets of infection.