Action of chloroquine on nitric oxide production and parasite killing by macrophages

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-90

  Hrabák, András ^a   Sefrioui, Hassan ^b   Vercruysse, Vincent ^b   Temesi, Ágnes ^a   Bajor, Tamás ^a   Vray, Bernard ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Inhibition of NO production; Macrophage; Nitric oxide (NO); Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; CHLOROQUINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASEINS; CHELATING AGENTS; CHLOROQUINE; INTERFERON TYPE II; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031707034     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00427-0     Document Type: Article

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