N-acetylcysteine protects-mice from lethal endotoxemia by regulating the redox state of immune cells

Free Radical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 919-929

  Victor, Victor M ^a   Rocha, Milagros ^b   de la Fuente, Monica ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lymphocyte; Macrophage; N acetylcysteine; NF B; Oxidative stress; ROS

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; CYTOKINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPID; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; LETHALITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEUM CELL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATALASE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0141504202     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1071576031000148727     Document Type: Article

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