Recombinant Treponema pallidum protein Tp47 promotes the migration and adherence of THP-1 cells to human dermal vascular smooth muscle cells by inducing MCP-1 and ICAM-1 expression.
This study provides a novel potential therapeutic strategy for controlling the vascular inflammatory response in syphilis patients.
PMID: 31075255 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Experimental Cell Research - Category: Cytology Authors: Gao ZX, Liu D, Liu LL, Lin LR, Tong ML, Niu JJ, Yang TC Tags: Exp Cell Res Source Type: research