Vascular dysfunction as a target for adjuvant therapy in cerebral malaria

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 577-588

  de Moura Carvalho, Leonardo José ^a,b   da Silva Moreira, Aline ^a   Daniel Ribeiro, Cláudio Tadeu ^a   Martins, Yuri Chaves ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b LA JOLLA BIOENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Nitric oxide; Vascular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGPT2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ENDOTHELIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODEL; ERYTHROCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANGIOPOIETIN-2; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELINS; ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84906748243     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140061     Document Type: Article

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