Alon Gordon

Ammonia inhibits phagosome–lysosome fusion in macrophages

Alon Gordon, P. D’Arcy Hart, M. R. Young · Nature · 1980 · 343 citations

Macrophage Biology, Inflammation, Phagosome–lysosome Fusion +6

Inhibition of phagosome-lysosome fusion in macrophages by certain mycobacteria can be explained by inhibition of lysosomal movements observed after phagocytosis.

P. D’Arcy Hart, M. R. Young, Alon Gordon et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1987 · 105 citations · Full text

Normal Macrophages, Microbial Pathogens, Immunology +19

Mycobacterium requires an all-around closely apposing phagosome membrane to maintain the maturation block and this apposition is re-established when it rescues itself from phagolysosomes

Chantal de Chastellier, Frédérique Forquet, Alon Gordon et al. · Cellular Microbiology · 2009 · 42 citations

Pathogenic Microbiology, Microbial Pathogens, Bacteriology +16

Stimulation or inhibition of the respiratory burst in cultured macrophages in a mycobacterium model: initial stimulation is followed by inhibition after phagocytosis

Alon Gordon, P. D’Arcy Hart · Infection and Immunity · 1994 · 28 citations · Full text

Immunology, Cellular Physiology, Medical Microbiology +17

Suggested Role of Lysosomal Lipid in the Contrasting Effects of ‘Triton WR-1339’ and Dextran on Tuberculous Infection

P. D’Arcy Hart, Alon Gordon, P Jacques · Nature · 1969 · 22 citations

Lysosomal Lipid, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Microbial Pathogens +8