Anthrax lethal factor activates K+ channels to induce IL-1α secretion in macrophages

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5236-5243

  Thomas, Johnson ^a   Epshtein, Yulia ^a   Chopra, Arun ^a   Ordog, Balazs ^b   Ghassemi, Mahmood ^a   Christman, John W ^a   Nattel, Stanley ^b   Cook, James L ^a   Levitan, Irena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 79955532220     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001078     Document Type: Article

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