Up regulation of nitric oxide synthase-nitric oxide system in the testis of rats undergoing autoimmune orchitis

Immunobiology

Volumn 217, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 778-787

  Jarazo Dietrich, S ^a   Jacobo, P ^a   Perez C V ^a   Guazzone, V A ^a   Lustig, L ^a   Theas, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autoimmune orchitis; Inflammatory macrophages; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Resident macrophages; Testis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; TESTIS CELL; UPREGULATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; ORCHITIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84862492008     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: 18783279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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