Toxoplasma gondii down-regulates MHC class II gene expression and antigen presentation by murine macrophages via interference with nuclear translocation of STAT1α

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1475-1484

  Lüder, Carsten G K ^a   Walter, Wolfgang ^b   Beuerle, Barbara ^c   Maeurer, Markus J ^b   Gross, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; MHC class II; Signal transduction; STAT1; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING AFFINITY; BONE MARROW; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EXTRACT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTOZOON; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-STIMULATED GENE FACTOR 3; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0343867201     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200105)31:5<1475::AID-IMMU1475>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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