Mcl-1 is vital for neutrophil survival

Immunologic Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 225-233

  Murphy, Mark P ^a   Caraher, Emma ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bcl 2 family proteins; Caspases; Host pathogen interaction; Innate immunity; Neutrophil apoptosis

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MODULATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION; MYELOID CELL LEUKEMIA SEQUENCE 1 PROTEIN; NEUTROPHILS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84929706454     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: 15590755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-015-8655-z     Document Type: Review

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