Differential expression of cytokine genes and inducible nitric oxide synthase induced by opacity phenotype variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae during acute otitis media in the rat

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5531-5540

  Long, J P ^a   Tong, H H ^a   Shannon, P A ^a   DeMaria, T F ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOKINES; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; KINETICS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OTITIS MEDIA; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0141669103     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.5531-5540.2003     Document Type: Article

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