Concanavalin a hepatotoxicity in mice: Tumor necrosis factor-mediated organ failure independent of caspase-3-like protease activation

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1241-1251

  Künstle, Gerald ^a   Hentze, Hannes ^a   Germann, Paul Georg ^b   Tiegs, Gisa ^c   Meergans, Thomas ^a   Wendel, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b ALTANA PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CONCANAVALIN A; PROTEINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CONCANAVALIN A; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ENTEROTOXINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GALACTOSAMINE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE I; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE II; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032737476     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300517     Document Type: Article

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