Inhibition of nitric oxide production rescues LPS-induced fetal abortion in mice

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 216-224

  Athanassakis, I ^a   Aifantis, I ^a,b   Ranella, A ^a   Giouremou, K ^a   Vassiliadis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Aminoguanidine; Fetal abortion; IFN ; IL 10; IL 4; L NAME; LPS; Nitric oxide; TNF ; Trophoblasts

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032807321     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/niox.1999.0224     Document Type: Article

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