Macrophage activation, phagocytosis and intracellular calcium oscillations induced by scorpion toxins from Tityus serrulatus

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-423

  Petricevich, V L ^b   Reynaud, E ^a   Cruz, A H ^b   Possani, L D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calcium; Macrophage; Na+ channel; Scorpion toxin; Spreading; Vacuole formation

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; TITYUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SCORPION VENOMS; VACUOLES;

EID: 55449110776     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03754.x     Document Type: Article

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