Receptor-mediated and lectin-like activities of carp (Cyprinus carpio) TNF-α

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 5319-5332

  Forlenza, Maria ^a   Magez, Stefan ^b,c   Scharsack, Jörn P ^d   Westphal, Adrie ^a   Savelkoul, Huub F J ^a   Wiegertjes, Geert F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Department of Molecular Biology   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; LECTIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARP; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETOPLASTIDA; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PERCIFORMES; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONID; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARPS; CELL MOVEMENT; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FISH DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHAGOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77954103308     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901780     Document Type: Article

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