The relationships between endotoxins, nitric oxide and inflammatory cytokines in blood and intestinal tissues in experimental Trypanosoma brucei brucei infections

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 597-604

  Nyakundi, J N ^a   Crawley, B ^b   Pentreath, V W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Experimental African trypanosomiasis; Intestine; Nitric oxide; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CYTOKINES; ENDOTOXINS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0036306597     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182002001683     Document Type: Article

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