NLRP1 is an inflammasome sensor for Toxoplasma gondii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 460-468

  Ewald, Sarah E ^a   Chavarria Smith, Joseph ^b   Boothroyd, John C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 11; CYTOKINE; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CELL TYPE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SENSOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84890831999     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01170-13     Document Type: Article

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