Ivermectin-induced killing of microfilariae in vitro by neutrophils mediated by NO

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 110-117

  Zahner, Horst ^a   Schmidtchen, Daniela ^a   Mutasa, Joseph A ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,4 diazabicyclo(2.2,2)octane (DABCO); Ivermectin, in vitro, cytotoxicity, neutrophil granulocytes (NG); Litomosoides carinii; M substituted with fetal calf serum (MFCS); Medium RPMI 1640 (M); N(G) monomethyl L arginine (L NMMA); Nematode; Nitric oxide (NO), nitrosylation of iron sulfur complexes; Spleen cells; Superoxide dismutase (SOD)

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EFFECTOR CELL; FILARIASIS; MICROFILARIA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN CELL; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALIA; LITOMOSOIDES CARINII;

EID: 0031171564     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4160     Document Type: Article

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