Effect of acute systemic inflammatory response and cytokines on the transcription of the genes encoding cyclooxygenase enzymes (COX-1 and COX-2) in the rat brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 452-466

  Lacroix, Steve ^a   Rivest, Serge ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immune response; In situ hybridization histochemistry; Interleukin 1; Interleukin 6; Leptomeninges; Lipopolysaccharide; Microvessels; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Prostaglandins; Tumor necrosis factor; Turpentine insult

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031890473     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70020452.x     Document Type: Article

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