Nitric oxide synthase activity has limited influence on the control of Coccidioides infection in mice

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 161-168

  Gonzalez, Angel ^a,b,c,d   Hung, Chiung Yu ^a   Cole, Garry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Coccidioides; Fungal burden; Inflammation; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE PROVOCATION TEST; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SURVIVAL RATE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOKINES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

COCCIDIOIDES; MUS;

EID: 79959335112     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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