Rooperol, an inhibitor of cytokine synthesis, decreases the respiratory burst in human and rat leukocytes and macrophages

Mediators of Inflammation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-57

  Guzdek, A ^a   Turyna, B ^a   Allison, A C ^b   Stadek, K ^c   Koj, A ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b DAWA Inc   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Endotoxin; Nitric oxide production; Phagocytes; Respiratory burst

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; ROOPEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031048383     PISSN: 09629351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09629359791938     Document Type: Article

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