Freyer, D

Cerebral endothelial cells release TNF-alpha after stimulation with cell walls of Streptococcus pneumoniae and regulate inducible nitric oxide synthase and ICAM-1 expression via autocrine loops. [electronic resource] - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) Oct 1999 - 4308-14 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0022-1767


Animals
Autocrine Communication--immunology
Brain--cytology
Cell Wall--immunology
Cells, Cultured
Dexamethasone--pharmacology
Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
Endothelium, Vascular--cytology
Guanidines--pharmacology
Immune Sera--pharmacology
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1--biosynthesis
Kinetics
Microcirculation--immunology
Nitric Oxide--metabolism
Nitric Oxide Synthase--biosynthesis
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
Nitroarginine--pharmacology
RNA, Messenger--biosynthesis
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Streptococcus pneumoniae--immunology
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha--antagonists & inhibitors
Up-Regulation--immunology