Helicobacter pylori VacA induces apoptosis by accumulation of connexin 43 in autophagic vesicles via a Rac1/ERK-dependent pathway

Cell Death Discovery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yahiro, K ^a   Akazawa, Y ^b   Nakano, M ^c   Suzuki, H ^d   Hisatune, J ^c,e   Isomoto, H ^f   Sap, J ^g   Noda, M ^a   Moss, J ^h   Hirayama, T ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84983473740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cddiscovery.2015.35     Document Type: Article

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