1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 induces nitric oxide synthase and suppresses growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a human macrophage-like cell line

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5314-5321

  Rockett, Kirk A ^a   Brookes, Roger ^a   Udalova, Irina ^a   Vidal, Vincent ^a   Hill, Adrian V S ^a   Kwiatkowski, Dominic ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032412102     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.11.5314-5321.1998     Document Type: Article

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