Fever and anapyrexia in systemic inflammation: Intracellular signaling by cyclic nucleotides

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Steiner, Alexandre A ^a   Branco, Luiz G S ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body temperature; cAMP; cGMP; Cyclic nucleotides; Hypothermia; Hypoxia; Lipopolysaccharide; LPS; Preoptic region; Review; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SEROTONIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL ACTIVITY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; REVIEW; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 3142757386     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1188     Document Type: Review

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