Role for inducible nitric oxide synthase in protection from chronic Chlamydia trachomatis urogenital disease in mice and its regulation by oxygen free radicals

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 7374-7379

  Ramsey, K H ^a   Sigar, I M ^a   Rana, S V ^a   Gupta, J ^a   Holland, S M ^a   Byrne, G I ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN RADICAL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; HYDROSALPINX; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NADPH OXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PHAGOCYTES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035179697     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.12.7374-7379.2001     Document Type: Article

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