Nitric oxide and infection /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fang, Ferric C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [1999]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • An overview of nitric oxide in infection
  • The discovery of the biological synthesis of nitric oxide
  • Biochemistry of nitric oxide
  • Enzymology of nitric oxide biosynthesis
  • Cytokine regulation of nitric oxide production
  • Human mononuclear phagocyte nitric oxide production and inductible nitric oxide synthase expression
  • Cardiovascular actions of nitric oxide
  • Biochemical regulation of nitric oxide cytotoxicity
  • Cytoprotective effects of NO against oxidative injury
  • Immunomodulatory actions of nitric oxide
  • Nitric oxide and epithelial host defense
  • Antimicrobial properties of nitric oxide
  • Nitric oxide in sepsis
  • Nitric oxide in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
  • Nitric oxide in malaria
  • Nitric oxide in Schistosomiasis
  • Nitric oxide in leishmaniasis : from antimicrobial activity to immunoregulation
  • Nitric oxide in viral myocarditis
  • Nitric oxide in influenza
  • Nitric oxide in bacterial meningitis
  • Nitric oxide in AIDS-associated neurological disease
  • Nitric oxide in listeriosis
  • Therapeutic applications of nitric oxide in infection