Ultrastructural features of lymphocyte suppression induced by anthrax lethal toxin and treated with chloroquine

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-188

  Hirsh, Mark I ^a   Manov, Irena ^a   Cohen Kaplan, Victoria ^a   Iancu, Theodore C ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Immunomodulation; Signal transduction; T cell activation; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CHLOROQUINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE STRUCTURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHLOROQUINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33847180576     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700505     Document Type: Article

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