The cytotoxic enterotoxin of Aeromonas hydrophila induces proinflammatory cytokine production and activates arachidonic acid metabolism in macrophages

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2808-2818

  Chopra, A K ^a   Xu, X J ^a   Ribardo, D ^a   Gonzalez, M ^a   Kuhl, K ^a   Peterson, J W ^a   Houston, C W ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENTEROTOXIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL CELL; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOTOXINS; DINOPROSTONE; ENTEROTOXINS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034058065     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2808-2818.2000     Document Type: Article

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