Plasmodium yoelii: Assessment of production and role of nitric oxide during the early stages of infection in susceptible and resistant mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-273

  Wang, Qing hui ^a   Liu, Ying jie ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Chen, Guang ^a,b   Zheng, Wei ^a,c   Wang, Ji chun ^a   Cao, Ya ming ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jamusi University   (China)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

During the early stages; NO; Plasmodium yoelii

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; SCHIZONT; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MACROPHAGES; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED DBA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM YOELII; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS;

MUS; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 59849119552     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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