Apoptosis-like cell death pathways in the unicellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii following treatment with apoptosis inducers and chemotherapeutic agents: A proof-of-concept study

Apoptosis

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 664-680

  Ni Nyoman, Ayu Dewi ^a,b   Lüder, Carsten G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Mitochondria; Protease; Therapeutics; Toxoplasma gondii; Unicellular parasite

Indexed keywords

DNA; MILTEFOSINE; STAUROSPORINE; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; CASPASE; CLINDAMYCIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PDCD2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA MINING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TUNEL ASSAY;

ANIMALIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CASPASES; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; STAUROSPORINE; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84880573386     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-013-0832-8     Document Type: Article

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