title: Intracellular survival of Burkholderia cepacia complex in phagocytic cells.
abstract: Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) species are a group of Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens that infect the airways of cystic fibrosis patients, and occasionally they infect other immunocompromised patients. Bcc bacteria display high-level multidrug resistance and chronically persist in the infected host while eliciting robust inflammatory responses. Studies using macrophages, neutrophils, and dendritic cells, combined with advances in the genetic manipulation of these bacteria, have increased our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of virulence in these pathogens and the molecular details of cell-host responses triggering inflammation. This article discusses our current view of the intracellular survival of Burkholderia cenocepacia within macrophages.
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7AE, UK.|b Centre for Human Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Valvano
mesh_terms: D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D042602:Burkholderia cepacia complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D050296:Microbial Viability; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines
keywords: amibes; amoebae; autophagie; autophagy; cepacia syndrome; cystic fibrosis; cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator; fibrose kystique; inflammasome; macrophage; neutrophiles; neutrophils; phagocytose; phagocytosis; phagosome; pyrin; pyrine; régulateur de conductance transmembranaire; syndrome de cepacia