Adverse effects of organophosphorus insecticides on macrophage activity in persons at high risk for parasitic infection

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-252

  Ashour, Magdi Nabih ^a   Mohamed, Mohamed Essa ^b   Elsawy, Bassem Mohamed ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arginase; Arginine; Curcumin; Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL); Interferon gamma; Macrophages; Nitric oxide; Organophosphorus compounds

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHLORPYRIFOS; CURCUMIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE DURATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTOXICATION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RAT; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 80053640908     PISSN: 18575749     EISSN: 18575773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2011.0143     Document Type: Article

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