Inflammatory cells are sources of polyamines that induce alveolar macrophage to undergo apoptosis during Pneumocystis pneumonia

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Liao, Chung Ping ^a   Lasbury, Mark E ^a   Wang, Shao Hung ^a   Zhang, Chen ^a   Durant, Pamela J ^a   Tschang, Dennis ^a   Lee, Chao Hung ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE;

APOPTOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYAMINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 33751379752     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00203.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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