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Intracellular parasitism with<i>Toxoplasma gondii</i>stimulates mammalian-target-of-rapamycin-dependent host cell growth despite impaired signalling to S6K1 and 4E-BP1
27 Feb 2009
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The Ser/Thr kinase mammalian-target-of-rapamycin (mTOR) is a central regulator of anabolism, growth and proliferation. We investigated the effects of Toxoplasma gondii on host mTOR signalling. Toxoplasma invasion of multiple cell types rapidly induced sustained mTOR activation that was restricted to infected cells, as determined by rapamycin-sensitive phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6; however,...
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