Effect of deficiency of tumor necrosis factor alpha or both of its receptors on Streptococcus pneumoniae central nervous system infection and peritonitis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 6881-6886

  Wellmer, A ^a   Gerber, J ^a   Ragheb, J ^a   Zysk, G ^a   Kunst, T ^a   Smirnov, A ^a   Bruck W ^a   Nau, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MENINGITIS; MOUSE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE I; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE II; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034773556     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.11.6881-6886.2001     Document Type: Article

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