Proinflammatory cytokine mRNA responses in experimental Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in mice

Acta Tropica

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 229-234

  Ulett, Glen C ^a   Ketheesan, Natkunam ^b   Hirst, Robert G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

BALB c; Burkholderia pseudomallei; C57BL 6; Cytokine; Melioidosis; MRNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033959751     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00075-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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