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SUBMITTER: Pesce Viglietti AI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7531218 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pesce Viglietti Ayelén Ivana AI Giambartolomei Guillermo Hernán GH Quarleri Jorge J Delpino María Victoria MV
Frontiers in endocrinology 20200918
Brucellosis is a prevalent global zoonotic infection but has far more impact in developing countries. The adipocytes are the most abundant cell type of adipose tissue and their secreted factors play an important role in several aspects of the innate and adaptive immune response. Here, we demonstrated the ability of <i>Brucella abortus</i> to infect and replicate in both adipocytes and its precursor cells (pre-adipocytes) derived from 3T3-L1 cell line. Additionally, infection of pre-adipocytes al ...[more]