Caspase and bid involvement in Clostridium difficile toxin A-induced apoptosis and modulation of toxin A effects by glutamine and alanyl-glutamine in vivo and in vitro

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-87

  Carneiro, Benedito A ^a,c   Fujii, Jun ^a   Brito, Gerly A C ^b   Alcantara, Cirle ^a   Oriá, Reinaldo B ^a,b   Lima, Aldo A M ^b   Obrig, Tom ^a   Guerrant, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANYLGLUTAMINE; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUTAMINE; PROTEIN BID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; ILEUM; ILEUM MUCOSA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE SECRETION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIPEPTIDES; ENTEROTOXINS; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RABBITS;

EID: 29644438766     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.81-87.2006     Document Type: Article

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