The immunosuppressive fungal metabolite gliotoxin specifically inhibits transcription factor NF-kappaB.
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The immunosuppressive fungal metabolite gliotoxin specifically inhibits transcription factor NF-kappaB
Opportunistic infections, such as aspergillosis, are among the most serious complications suffered by immunocompromised patients. Aspergillus fumigatus and other pathogenic fungi synthesize a toxic epipolythiodioxopiperazine metabolite called gliotoxin. Gliotoxin exhibits profound immunosuppressive activity in vivo. It induces apoptosis in thymocytes, splenocytes, and mesenteric lymph node cell...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-1007,1540-9538
DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.4.1829