Effects of Polysaccharide Fucoidin on Cerebrospinal Fluid Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Pneumococcal Meningitis in the Rabbit

The inflammatory response in bacterial meningitis is mediated by cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-1 (IL-1), which are produced in the subarachnoid space by different cells, e.g., leukocytes, astrocytes, and microglia. The recruitment of leukocytes into the cereb...

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Main Authors: Granert, Carl, Raud, Johan, Waage, Anders, Lindquist, Lars
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1999
Subjects:
Host Response and Inflammation
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC115939/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10225856
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