Synergistic Therapeutic Potential of Dexamethasone and l-arginine in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Septic Shock

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Chatterjee, Saurabh ^a   Premachandran, Sudha ^a   Shukla, Jyoti ^a   Poduval, T B ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

alanine aminotransferase; arginase; aspartate amino transferase; combination therapy; cytokine profile; Hsp 70; iNOS; multiple organ dysfunction; shock

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; UPREGULATION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CYTOKINES; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34247565083     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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