Bioactive cytidine deaminase, an inhibitor of granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming cells, is massively released in fulminant meningococcal sepsis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1784-1787

  Benelli, Roberto ^a   Barbero, Andrea ^b   Ferrini, Silvano ^c   Scapini, Patrizia ^d   Cassatella, Marco ^d   Bussolino, Federico ^e   Tacchetti, Carlo ^f   Noonan, Douglas M ^a   Albini, Adriana ^b  

^a Tumor Progression Section   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Cell Biology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; URIDINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT GM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0033680721     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317596     Document Type: Article

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