Mycoplasma fermentans glycolipid triggers inflammatory response in rat astrocytes

Brain Research

Volumn 803, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 34-38

  Ben Menachem, Gil ^a   Rottem, Shlomo ^a   Tarshis, Mark ^a   Barash, Varda ^b   Brenner, Talma ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Choline containing glycolipid; Inflammation; Lactate production; MfGL II; Mycoplasma fermentans; Nitric oxide; Prostaglandin E2; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; LACTIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NITRIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEACYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST CELL; INFLAMMATION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DINOPROSTONE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLIPIDS; INFLAMMATION; LACTIC ACID; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; NEUROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS;

EID: 0032563660     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00573-3     Document Type: Article

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