Inflammation induced by phytomodulatory proteins from the latex of Calotropis procera (Asclepiadaceae) protects against Salmonella infection in a murine model of typhoid fever

Inflammation Research

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 689-698

  Oliveira, Raquel S B ^a   Figueiredo, Ingrid S T ^a   Freitas, Lyara B N ^a   Pinheiro, Rachel S P ^a   Brito, Gerly Anne C ^a   Alencar, Nylane M N ^a   Ramos, Márcio V ^a   Ralph, Maria T ^b   Lima Filho, José V ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Experimental infections; Laticifer fluid; Nitric oxide; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; IODOACETAMIDE; LATEX; LATIFICER PROTEIN; LATIFICER PROTEIN PI; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PHYTOMODULATORY PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BLOOD FLOW; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INACTIVATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT; SALMONELLOSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANIMALS; CALOTROPIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFLAMMATION; LATEX; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84865113933     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: 1420908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-012-0460-8     Document Type: Article

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