IFN-γ: Regulation of nitric oxide in the P. aeruginosa-infected cornea

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-28

  McClellan, Sharon A ^a   Lighvani, Shahrzad ^a   Hazlett, Linda D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; In vivo animal model; Infectious immunity bacteria; Inflammatory mediators

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; KERATITIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORNEA; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GUANIDINES; INTERFERON TYPE II; KERATITIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33644750230     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940500545650     Document Type: Article

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