Interferon-γ signal transduction during parasite infection: Modulation of MAP kinases in the infection of human monocyte cells (THP1) by Toxoplasma gondii

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 631-635

  Gomez Marin, Jorge Enrique ^a,b   Valere, Audrey ^a   Bonhomme, Annie ^a   El'Btaouri, Hassan ^c   Antonicelll, Frank ^c   Burlet, Henriette ^a   Aubert, Dominique ^a   Villena, Isabelle ^a   Guenounou, Moncef ^c   Haye, Bernard ^c   Pinon, Jean M ^a  

^a REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hospital San Juan de Dios   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Human monocytes; IFN ; MAP kinase; T. gondii

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; INTERFERON TYPE II; MONOCYTES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRIDINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032423273     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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