Sphingosine kinase-1 (SphK-1) regulates Mycobacterium smegmatis infection in macrophages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Prakash, Hridayesh ^a,e   Lüth, Anja ^b   Grinkina, Natalia ^d   Holzer, Daniela ^a   Wadgaonkar, Raj ^d   Gonzalez, Alexis Perez ^a   Anes, Elsa ^c   Kleuser, Burkhard ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NITRIC OXIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; SPHINGOSINE KINASE 1; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE; SPHINGOSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECRETION;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

ANIMALS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NITRIC OXIDE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHINGOSINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77956295892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010657     Document Type: Article

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