Meningococcal porin PorB prevents cellular apoptosis in a toll-like receptor 2- and NF-κB-independent manner

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 994-1003

  Massari, Paola ^a   Gunawardana, Jay ^b   Liu, Xiuping ^a   Wetzler, Lee M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN PORB; RHODAMINE 123; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NF-KAPPA B; PORINS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77349121848     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00156-09     Document Type: Article

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