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    Suicidal erythrocyte death in sepsis

    Sequelae of sepsis include anemia which presumably results from accelerated clearance of erythrocytes from circulating blood. The underlying mechanisms, however, remained hitherto elusive. Most recent studies ...

    Daniela S. Kempe, Ahmad Akel, Philipp A. Lang in Journal of Molecular Medicine (2007)

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    Zinc induced apoptotic death of mouse dendritic cells

    Zinc ions (Zn2+) are food components with favourable effects in infectious disease. Zn2+ is taken up into dendritic cells (DCs), key players in the regulation of innate and adaptive immunity. In other cell types,...

    Ekaterina Shumilina, Nguyen Thi Xuan, Evi Schmid, Shefalee K. Bhavsar in Apoptosis (2010)

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    Stimulation of platelet apoptosis by peptidoglycan from Staphylococcus aureus 113

    Peptidoglycan (PGN), a component of bacterial cell wall and belonging to “Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns” (MAMP) triggers host reactions contributing to the pathophysiology of infectious disease. Host c...

    Syeda T. Towhid, Mulugeta Nega, Eva-Maria Schmidt, Evi Schmid, Till Albrecht in Apoptosis (2012)