Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase attenuates lipopolysaccharide- induced fever without reduction of circulating cytokines in guinea-pigs

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 436, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 858-862

  Roth, Joachim ^b   Störr, Birgit ^a   Voigt, Karlheinz ^b   Zeisberger, Eugen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Fever; Guinea pig; Nitric oxide; NO synthase inhibitor; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEVER; GUINEA PIG; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CYTOKINES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEVER; GUINEA PIGS; INTERLEUKIN-6; KINETICS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031792035     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050715     Document Type: Article

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