Endothelin-1 and its role in the pathogenesis of infectious diseases

Life Sciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 110-119

  Freeman, Brandi D ^a   Machado, Fabiana S ^b   Tanowitz, Herbert B ^a   Desruisseaux, Mahalia S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Endothelin; Inflammation; Neuroinflammation; Parasitic disease; Pneumonia; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MALARIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA CONORII;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENDOTHELIN-1; HUMANS;

EID: 84920828198     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2014.04.021     Document Type: Review

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