Anthrax lethal toxin kills macrophages in a strain-specific manner by apoptosis or caspase-1-mediated necrosis

Cell Cycle

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 758-766

  Muehlbauer, Stefan M ^a   Evering, Teresa H ^a   Bonuccelli, Gloria ^b   Squires, Raynal C ^a   Ashton, Anthony W ^a   Porcelli, Steven A ^a   Lisanti, Michael P ^b   Brojatsch, Jürgen ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Apoptosis; Caspase 1; Inflammasome; Interleukin 18; Lethal toxin; Macrophage; Necrosis

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BOC D FMK; CASPASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 34047223819     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.6.6.3991     Document Type: Article

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