Cystatins of filarial nematodes up-regulate the nitric oxide production of interferon-γ-activated murine macrophages

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 253-262

  Hartmann, Susanne ^a   Schönemeyer, Annett ^a   Sonnenburg, Bettina ^a   Vray, Bernard ^b   Lucius, Richard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cystatin; Cysteine protease inhibitor; Filariae; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Interleukin 10; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILARIA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CYSTATINS; DIPETALONEMA; FILARIASIS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; ANIMALIA; FILARIA; MURINAE; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036277753     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2002.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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