Pneumococcal cell wall components induce nitric oxide synthase and TNF- α in astroglial-enriched cultures

GLIA

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Freyer, Dorette ^a   Weih, Markus ^a   Weber, Jörg R ^a   Bürger, Wolf ^a   Scholz, Peter ^b   Manz, Rahel ^a   Ziegenhorn, Andreas ^a   Angestwurm, Klemens ^a   Dirnagl, Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cell culture; Meningitis; Microglia; NO

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARGININE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL WALL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARGININE; ASTROCYTES; CELL WALL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; KINETICS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0029801845     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199601)16:1<1::AID-GLIA1>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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