TRAF6-dependent mitogen-activated protein kinase activation differentially regulates the production of interleukin-12 by macrophages in response to Toxoplasma gondii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 5662-5667

  Mason, Nicola J ^a   Fiore, Jim ^a   Kobayashi, Takashi ^b   Masek, Katherine S ^a   Choi, Yongwon ^b   Hunter, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; 4 ETHYL 2 (4 METHOXYPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTOZOON ANTIGEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; INTERLEUKIN-12; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEINS; TNF RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 6; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 4644244927     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.10.5662-5667.2004     Document Type: Article

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