Nitric oxide and the Th2 response combine to prevent severe hepatic damage during Schistosoma mansoni infection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4976-4984

  Brunet, L Rosa ^a,b   Beall, M ^b   Dunne, D W ^a   Pearce, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; HELPER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; INTERFERON TYPE II; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPLENOMEGALY; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032752704     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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