Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans induces apoptosis of T lymphocytes by the Fas and Fas ligand pathway

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 277-284

  Nalbant, A ^a   Zadeh, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Apoptosis; CD95 (Fas); T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENZYME PRECURSOR; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; FASLG PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIGAND; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME; UPREGULATION;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LIGANDS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MONOCYTES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; STATISTICS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036802349     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2002.170503.x     Document Type: Article

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