Time course of acute-phase response induced by Tityus serrulatus venom and TsTX-I in mice

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 765-774

  Pessini, Andréa C ^a   De Souza, Ana M ^a   Faccioli, Lúcia H ^a   Gregório, Zita M O ^a   Arantes, Eliane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Inflammatory response; Interleukin; Leucocytes; Tityus serrulatus; TsTX I

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TITYUS TOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DEHYDRATION; ENVENOMATION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0038056003     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(03)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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