Edelfosine induces an apoptotic process in Leishmania infantum that is regulated by the ectopic expression of Bcl-XL and Hrk

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Alzate, Juan Fernando [2 ]
Arias, Andres [1 ]
Mollinedo, Faustino [3 ]
Rico, Eva [1 ]
de la Iglesia-Vicente, Janis [3 ]
Jimenez-Ruiz, Antonio [1 ]
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[1] Univ Alcala de Henares, Dept Bioquim & Biol Mol, Madrid 28871, Spain
[2] Univ Antioquia, Fac Med, Dept Microbiol & Parasitol, Medellin, Colombia
[3] Univ Salamanca, Consejo Super Invest Cient, Inst Biol Mol & Celular Canc, Ctr Invest Canc, E-37007 Salamanca, Spain
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10.1128/AAC.01665-07
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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The alkyl-lysophospholipids edelfosine and miltefosine induce apoptosis in Leishmania infantum promastigotes. The finding that edelfosine-induced cell death can be regulated by the ectopic expression of the antiapoptotic and proapoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins Bcl-X-L and Hrk suggests that this process is similar to apoptosis in eukaryotic cells.
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