LAAE-14, a new anti-inflammatory drug, increases the survival of Candida albicans-inoculated mice

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-242

  Lucas, Rut ^a   Villamón, Eva ^a   Payá, Miguel ^a   Alves, Mario ^b   Del Olmo, Esther ^b   Gozalbo, Daniel ^a   Gil, M Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Macrophage; Prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ETHER DERIVATIVE; LAAE 14; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DINOPROSTONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTARATES; HYPHAE; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642282874     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00371-7     Document Type: Article

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