Cytokine-induced, nitric oxide-dependent, intracellular antirickettsial activity of mouse endothelial cells

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-138

  Walker, David H ^a,c   Popov, Vsevolod L ^a   Crocquet Valdes, Patricia A ^a   Welsh, C Jane R ^b   Feng, Hui Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RICKETTSIA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031035350     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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