Generation of ceramide in murine macrophages infected with Leishmania donovani alters macrophage signaling events and aids intracellular parasitic survival

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 47-60

  Ghosh, S ^a   Bhattacharyya, S ^a   Das, S ^a,b   Raha, S ^c   Maulik, N ^d   Das, D K ^d   Roy, S ^e   Majumdar, S ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Leishmaniasis; Macrophage; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CERAMIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HOST; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PATHOGENICITY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CERAMIDES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUMONISINS; GENISTEIN; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MONENSIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

EID: 0034794499     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017996609928     Document Type: Article

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