scholarly journals A Dirofilaria immitis Polyprotein Up-Regulates Nitric Oxide Production

2002 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 5283-5286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Tezuka ◽  
Shinjiro Imai ◽  
Setsuko Tsukidate ◽  
Koichiro Fujita

ABSTRACT We investigated the effect of recombinant Dirofilaria immitis polyprotein (rDiAg) on nitric oxide (NO) production by peritoneal macrophages. rDiAg induced NO production by macrophages from wild-type and lipopolysaccharide-hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ, but not CD40−/−, mice. These results suggest that CD40 is involved in rDiAg-driven NO production by murine macrophages.

1996 ◽  
Vol 170 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Jiang ◽  
John A. Rummage ◽  
Charles A. Stewart ◽  
Mary J. Herriott ◽  
Irina Kolosova ◽  
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1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyoshi TERAWAKI ◽  
Mitsuhiko NOSE ◽  
Toshiya KONDO ◽  
Keisuke KOJIMA ◽  
Hajime MIZUKAMI ◽  
...  

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