Role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in the pathogenesis of experimental leptospirosis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-208

  Prêtre, Gabriela ^a   Olivera, Noelia ^a   Cédola, Maia ^a   Haase, Santiago ^a   Alberdi, Lucrecia ^a   Brihuega, Bibiana ^b   Gómez, Ricardo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Pathobiology Institute   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hamster; Immunohistochemistry; Leptospira; Mice; NO; Pathology

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BACTERIAL DNA; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMSTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; NEPHRITIS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RODENT DISEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETINAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR COPENHAGENI; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; MUS;

EID: 79959352236     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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