17β-estradiol increases Leishmania mexicana killing in macrophages from DBA/2 mice by enhancing production of nitric oxide but not pro-inflammatory cytokines

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1125-1127

  Lezama Davila C M ^a   Isaac Marquez A P ^b   Barbi, J ^a   Oghumu, S ^a   Satoskar, A R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DBA 2 MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST; TISSUE CULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DBA MOUSE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MUS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; NITRIC OXIDE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 34548040748     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.1125     Document Type: Article

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