Role of nitric oxide in host defense against an extracellular, metazoan parasite, Brugia malayi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3351-3353

  Rajan, T V ^a   Porte, Patricia ^a   Yates, J A ^b   Keeper, L ^c   Shultz, L D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; METAZOON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0030054511     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3351-3353.1996     Document Type: Article

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