Testosterone attenuates p38 MAPK pathway during Leishmania donovani infection of macrophages

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-193

  Liu, Limin ^a   Wang, Lianyun ^a   Zhao, Yangxing ^a   Wang, Yajing ^a   Wang, Zhaoxia ^a   Qiao, Zhongdong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38 INHIBITOR; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; TESTOSTERONE;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 33745036538     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0168-1     Document Type: Article

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