Toxoplasma gondii inhibits granzyme B-mediated apoptosis by the inhibition of granzyme B function in host cells

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 595-607

  Yamada, Tatsuya ^a   Tomita, Tadakimi ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a   Orlofsky, Amos ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Apoptosis; Granzymes; Host pathogen interaction; Immune evasion; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GRANTOXILUX; GRANZYME B; PROCASPASE 3; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P20; PROTEIN PI 9; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT GRANZYME B; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ORGANELLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITE; PROTEIN; PROTIST;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79954650534     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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