Association between tissue gamma-glutamyl-transferase and clinical markers of adjuvant arthritis in Lewis rats

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 172-175

  Bauerov, Katarína ^a   Poništ, Silvester ^a   Ondrejčková, Olga ^a   Komendová, Denisa ^a   Mihalová, Danica ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Antioxidants; Correlation; Glucomannan; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Polysaccharides; Pyridoindoles; Rheumatoid arthritis; glutamyl transferase

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; DP 1031; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MANNAN; STOBADINE DIPALMITATE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; LEWIS RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAW EDEMA; RAT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLEEN;

EID: 34047241920     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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