Physiological effects of a novel immune stimulator drug, (1,4)-α-d-glucan, in rats

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 217-221

  Koppada, Ravishankar ^a   Norozian, Faraz M ^a   Torbati, Dan ^a   Kalomiris, Sophia ^a   Ramachandran, Cheppail ^a   Totapally, Balagangadhar R ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(1,4)ALPHA DEXTRO GLUCAN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERVENTILATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRACHEOSTOMY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCANS; HEMODYNAMICS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TINOSPORA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

RATTUS; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 70349134633     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2009.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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