In the belly of the beast: Subversion of macrophage proinflammatory signalling cascades during Toxoplasma gondii infection

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Denkers, Eric Y ^a   Kim, Leesun ^a   Butcher, Barbara A ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSFER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; NF-KAPPA B; RECEPTORS, CCR5; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0037303310     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2003.00258.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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