Induction of apoptosis by Legionella pneumophila in mammalian cells requires the mitochondrial pathway for caspase activation

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 662-669

  Fischer, Silke F ^a   Vier, Juliane ^a   Müller Thomas, Catharina ^a   Häcker, Georg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bacteria; Caspase; Legionella; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; DEATH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL MUTANT; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME RELEASE; FIBROBLAST; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAMMAL CELL; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MITOCHONDRIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33646062610     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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