Biomechanics of Borrelia burgdorferi Vascular Interactions

Author:

Ebady, R, Niddam, AF, Boczula, AE, Kim, YR, Gupta, N, Odisho, T, Zhi, H, Simmons, CA, Skare, JT, Moriarty, TJ, Kim, YR, and Gupta, N

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2016-09

Journal/Series title:

Cell Rep

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URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27568563

Abstract:

These findings provide insight into the biomechanics of bacterial-vascular interactions and demonstrate that disseminating bacteria and circulating host immune cells share widely conserved mechanisms for interacting with endothelia under physiological shear stress.