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Phenotypical characteristics, biochemical pathways, molecular targets and putative role of nitric oxide-mediated programmed cell death in Leishmania.
Parasitology - 1 Jan 2006
Holzmuller P, Bras-Gonçalves R, Lemesre J-L
Abstract excerpt
Nitric oxide (NO) has been demonstrated to be the principal effector molecule mediating intracellular killing of Leishmania, both in vitro and in vivo. We investigated the type of cell death process induced by NO for the intracellular amastigote stage of the protozoa Leishmania. Specific detection methods revealed a rapid and extensive cell death with morphological features of apoptosis in axenic amastigotes...
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