Rifampin augments cytokine-induced nitric oxide production in human alveolar epithelial cells

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 396-398

  Yuhas, Yael ^a   Berent, Eva ^a   Ovadiah, Hila ^a   Azoulay, Inbar ^a   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRIC OXIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CYTOKINES; ENZYME INDUCTION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 29944432207     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.1.396-398.2006     Document Type: Article

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