Exogenous nitric oxide induces apoptosis in Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites via a calcium signal transduction pathway

Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 541-550

  Peng, B W ^a,b   Lin, J ^a   Lin, J Y ^a   Jiang, M S ^b   Zhang, T ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcium signal; Nitric oxide; Tachyzoites; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CALCIUM; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SCAVENGER; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHELATING AGENTS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FURA-2; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TOXOPLASMA; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0038726318     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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