Scorpion venom and the inflammatory response

Mediators of Inflammation

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Petricevich, Vera L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BETA TOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL TOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS TOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL TOXIN; TOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTACOID; CYTOKINE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANOREXIA; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONVULSION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENVENOMATION; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INSECT STING; IRRITABILITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROTOXICITY; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVATION; SCORPION; TREMOR; VASODILATATION; VOMITING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; SCORPIONES;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

EID: 77951686254     PISSN: 09629351     EISSN: 14661861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/903295     Document Type: Review

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