Effect of antibacterial cathelicidin peptide CAP18/LL-37 on sepsis in neonatal rats

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-24

  Fukumoto, Koji ^a   Nagaoka, Isao ^a   Yamataka, Atsuyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yanai, Toshihiro ^a   Kato, Yoshifumi ^a   Miyano, Takeshi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAP18 LL 37; Cathelicidin; Endotoxin lipopolysaccharide; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATHELICIDIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BODY TEMPERATURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTOXINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECTUM; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 12844265967     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1256-x     Document Type: Article

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