Perforin and Fas act together in the induction of apoptosis, and both are critical in the clearance of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 12395-12405

  Rode, Miriam ^a   Balkow, Sandra ^a   Sobek, Vera ^a   Brehm, Reina ^a   Martin, Praxedis ^a   Kersten, Astrid ^b   Dumrese, Tilman ^d   Stehle, Thomas ^a   Müllbacher, Arno ^e   Wallich, Reinhard ^c   Simon, Markus M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Immunologie   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; PERFORIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXICITY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFESPAN; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TARGET CELL DESTRUCTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; APOPTOSIS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; GRANZYMES; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 7644243776     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.22.12395-12405.2004     Document Type: Article

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