p38 MAP kinase activation by Clostridium difficile toxin A mediates monocyte necrosis, IL-8 production, and enteritis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1147-1156

  Warny, Michel ^a   Keates, Andrew C ^a   Keates, Sarah ^a   Castagliuolo, Ignazio ^a   Zacks, Jeff K ^b   Aboudola, Samer ^a   Qamar, Amir ^a   Pothoulakis, Charalabos ^a   LaMont, J Thomas ^a   Kelly, Ciarán P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; INTERLEUKIN 8; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034049140     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI7545     Document Type: Article

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