Effects of toxin A from Clostridium difficile on mast cell activation and survival

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2755-2761

  Calderón, Gloria M ^a   Torres López, Javier ^a   Lin, Tong Jun ^b   Chavez, Bibiana ^c   Hernández, Manuel ^c   Muñoz, Onofre ^a   Befus, A Dean ^b   Enciso, J Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON FLORA; DIARRHEA; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HOST RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RAT;

EID: 2642648643     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.6.2755-2761.1998     Document Type: Article

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