Tumor necrosis factor-α-induced mononuclear cell death may contribute to polymorphonuclear cell predominance in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with bacterial meningitis

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 360-366

  Kawakami, Yasuhiko ^a,b   Tsukimoto, Mitsutoshi ^c   Kuwabara, Kentaro ^a,d   Fujita, Takehisa ^a,e   Fujino, Osamu ^a,f   Kojima, Shuji ^c   Fukunaga, Yoshitaka ^a,d  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL TAMA NAGAYAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Mononuclear leukocytes; Polymorphonuclear leukocytes; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MALE; MUMPS; NEUTROPHIL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

CELL DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUTROPHILS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 83755220209     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.78.360     Document Type: Article

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