Toxoplasma gondii-Induced Activation of EGFR Prevents Autophagy Protein-Mediated Killing of the Parasite

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Muniz Feliciano, Luis ^a   Van Grol, Jennifer ^a   Portillo, Jose Andres C ^a   Liew, Lloyd ^b   Liu, Bing ^b   Carlin, Cathleen R ^a   Carruthers, Vern B ^c   Matthews, Stephen ^b   Subauste, Carlos S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; 4 (3 CHLOROANILINO) 6, 7 DIMETHOXYQUINAZOLINE; CD40 LIGAND; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; METALLOPROTEINASE; MICRONEMAL PROTEIN; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; ATG7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BECN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EGFR PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYSOSOME; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL LINE; CRICETULUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UBIQUITIN-ACTIVATING ENZYMES;

EID: 84892858470     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003809     Document Type: Article

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