The Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin induces apoptosis of immature lymphocytes in vivo via a glucocorticoid-dependent pathway

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3505-3515

  Tamayo, Esther ^a   Merino, Ramón ^a   González Rojas, Jovanna ^a   Marquina, Regina ^a   Santiuste, Inés ^a   Amado, José Antonio ^b   Rappuoli, Rino ^c   Del Giudice, Giuseppe ^c   Merino, Jesús ^a,b  

^a Unidad Asociada al CIB/CSIS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Glucocorticoids; Heat labile E. coli enterotoxin

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; FAS ANTIGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIFEPRISTONE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORTICOSTERONE; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 29744450490     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200526326     Document Type: Article

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