Activation of NF-κB and IL-8 by Yersinia enterocolitica invasin protein is conferred by engagement of Rac1 and MAP kinase cascades

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 957-971

  Grassl, Guntram A ^a   Kracht, Michael ^b   Wiedemann, Agnès ^c   Hoffmann, Elke ^b   Aepfelbacher, Martin ^c   von Eichel Streiber, Christoph ^d   Bohn, Erwin ^a   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; IL 8; MAP kinase; NF B; Rac; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHEMOKINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; I KAPPA B KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; INVASIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INVASIN, YERSINIA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOB GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOPLASM; DOMINANT GENE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; HELA CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NF-KAPPA B; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHOB GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0345170708     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2003.00339.x     Document Type: Review

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