Tumour necrosis factor-α as a target of melanocortins in haemorrhagic shock, in the anaesthetized rat

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1587-1590

  Altavilla, Domenica ^b   Cainazzo, Maria Michela ^a   Squadrito, Francesco ^b   Guarini, Salvatore ^a   Bertolini, Alfio ^a   Bazzani, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Haemorrhagic shock; Macrophages; Rat; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELANOCORTIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TETRACOSACTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COSYNTROPIN; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031868519     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702038     Document Type: Article

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