Neurotoxicity of pneumolysin, a major pneumococcal virulence factor, involves calcium influx and depends on activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase.

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Published in Neurobiol Dis on December 01, 2002

Authors

Argyrios K Stringaris1, Jens Geisenhainer, Friederike Bergmann, Christoph Balshüsemann, Unaa Lee, Gregor Zysk, Timothy J Mitchell, Bernhard U Keller, Ulrich Kuhnt, Joachim Gerber, Annette Spreer, Mathias Bähr, Uwe Michel, Roland Nau

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, University of Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.

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