Toxoplasma gondii infection induces apoptosis in noninfected macrophages: Role of nitric oxide and other soluble factors

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 375-385

  Nishikawa, Y ^a   Kawase, O ^a   Vielemeyer, O ^b   Suzuki, H ^a   Joiner, K A ^c   Xuan, X ^a   Nagasawa, H ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; IFN ; Nitric oxide; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PERITONEUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34250642807     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2007.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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