Involvement of PI 3 kinase/Akt-dependent Bad phosphorylation in Toxoplasma gondii-mediated inhibition of host cell apoptosis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 462-471

  Quan, Juan Hua ^a,b   Cha, Guang Ho ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Chu, Jia Qi ^b   Nishikawa, Yoshifumi ^c   Lee, Young Ha ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 associated death promoter (Bad); Phosphorylation; PKB Akt pathway; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN KINASE B; STAUROSPORINE; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANDROSTADIENES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-ASSOCIATED DEATH PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMONES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MORPHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84874474978     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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