Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced caspase 6-dependent apoptosis in lung epithelium

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4940-4947

  Schmeck, Bernd ^a   Gross, Ralph ^a   N'Guessan, Phillipe Dje ^a   Hocke, Andreas C ^a   Hammerschmidt, Sven ^b   Mitchell, Tim J ^c   Rosseau, Simone ^a   Suttorp, Norbert ^a   Hippenstiel, Stefan ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPASTATIN; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOKINE; DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PNEUMOLYSIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BID; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRYPSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CELL DEATH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; BRONCHI; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CELL LINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 4544355524     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.9.4940-4947.2004     Document Type: Article

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