Nitric oxide mediates the microbicidal activity of eosinophils

There are several experimental evidences that nitric oxide (NO) is involved in the microbicidal activity of macrophages against a number of intracellular pathogens including Leishmania major, Trypanozoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii. It is also well known that eosinophils (EO) have microbicidal activity...

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Published in:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors: Sandra HP Oliveira, Simone G Fonseca, Pedro RT Romão, Sérgio H Ferreira, Fernando Q Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1997-12-01
Subjects:
nitric oxide
eosinophils
microbicidal activity
Leishmania major
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