Dose and time-related in vitro effects of glucocorticoid on phagocytosis and nitrite release by splenic macrophages of wall lizard Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 461-470

  Mondal, Soma ^a   Rai, Umesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrocortisone; Lizard; Macrophage; Nitric oxide; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MIFEPRISTONE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPOSURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIZARD; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; TIME;

HEMIDACTYLUS; HEMIDACTYLUS FLAVIVIRIDIS; MAMMALIA; PODARCIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036669209     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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