Minocycline inhibits West Nile virus replication and apoptosis in human neuronal cells

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 981-986

  Michaelis, Martin ^a   Kleinschmidt, Malte Christian ^a   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^a   Cinatl Jr , Jindrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Antiviral therapy; Brain; Central nervous system; Encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CHLORTETRACYCLINE; DEMECLOCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VIRUS INHIBITION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MINOCYCLINE; NEURONS; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 35448973002     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm307     Document Type: Article

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