Intracellular infection by the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent inhibits human neutrophil apoptosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1125-1133

  Yoshiie, Kiyotaka ^a,b   Kim, Hyung Yong ^a   Mott, Jason ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DANSYLCADAVERINE; DNA FRAGMENT; HISTONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PERIODATE; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEINASE K;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; CADAVERINE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EHRLICHIA; GENISTEIN; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; ISOQUINOLINES; LEUPEPTINS; NEUTROPHILS; NF-KAPPA B; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 0033969660     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.3.1125-1133.2000     Document Type: Article

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