Neuronal nitric oxide synthase is necessary for elimination of Giardia lamblia infections in mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 516-521

  Li, Erqiu ^a   Zhou, Ping ^a   Singer, Steven M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 4; LOPERAMIDE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; N IMINOETHYLLYSINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; JEJUNUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCID MOUSE;

EID: 29644437159     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.1.516     Document Type: Article

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