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Identification of nitric oxide synthase as a protective locus against tuberculosis
MacMicking J, North R, LaCourse R, Mudgett J, Shah S, Nathan C. Identification of nitric oxide synthase as a protective locus against tuberculosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 5243-5248. PMID: 9144222, PMCID: PMC24663, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.10.5243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAnimalsCarrier ProteinsCation Transport ProteinsCrosses, GeneticDisease SusceptibilityExonsFemaleGenotypeGlucocorticoidsHaplotypesHeterozygoteHomozygoteImmunity, InnateImmunosuppression TherapyIsoenzymesLungMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred StrainsMice, KnockoutMycobacterium tuberculosisNitric Oxide SynthasePolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, GeneticTuberculosisConceptsNitric oxide synthaseOxide synthasePrimary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infectionInducible nitric oxide synthaseHigh-dose glucocorticoidsMycobacterium tuberculosis infectionWild-type miceWild-type littermatesHost immune systemChronic tuberculosisTuberculosis infectionImmune systemCritical host genesTuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosisProtective genesMiceProtective locusNOS2Host genesSuch pathwaysResponse pathwaysSynthaseGlucocorticoidsLungNITRIC OXIDE AND MACROPHAGE FUNCTION
MacMicking J, Xie Q, Nathan C. NITRIC OXIDE AND MACROPHAGE FUNCTION. Annual Review Of Immunology 1997, 15: 323-350. PMID: 9143691, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.15.1.323.ChaptersConceptsExpression of NOS2Nitric oxide synthaseAdaptive immune systemNormal host cellsRemarkable molecular machinesInflammatory diseasesLymphocyte proliferationNO pathwayOxide synthaseImmune responseMacrophage productsMacrophage functionSuppressive effectImmune systemNOS2Nitric oxideHigh-output isoformTumor cellsMacrophagesCytotoxic actionElevated Ca2Transcriptional inductionFunctional dimerCytotoxic activityMolecular machinesAltered responses to bacterial infection and endotoxic shock in mice lacking inducible nitric oxide synthase
MacMicking J, Nathan C, Hom G, Chartrain N, Fletcher D, Trumbauer M, Stevens K, Xie Q, Sokol K, Hutchinson N, Chen H, Mudget J. Altered responses to bacterial infection and endotoxic shock in mice lacking inducible nitric oxide synthase. Cell 1995, 81: 641-650. PMID: 7538909, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(95)90085-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInducible nitric oxide synthaseINOS-/- miceNitric oxide synthaseOxide synthaseAnesthetized wild-type miceCentral arterial blood pressureArterial blood pressureWild-type miceBacterial endotoxic lipopolysaccharidesBlood pressureLiver damagePropionobacterium acnesEarly deathInfectious agentsTissue damageBacterial infectionsTumor cellsLymphoma cellsLipopolysaccharideAltered responseMiceEndotoxic lipopolysaccharideDeathListeria monocytogenesHypotensionInhibition of Viral Replication by Interferon-γ-Induced Nitric Oxide Synthase
Karupiah G, Xie Q, Buller R, Nathan C, Duarte C, MacMicking J. Inhibition of Viral Replication by Interferon-γ-Induced Nitric Oxide Synthase. Science 1993, 261: 1445-1448. PMID: 7690156, DOI: 10.1126/science.7690156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid OxidoreductasesAnimalsArginineCell LineCells, CulturedEctromelia virusEctromelia, InfectiousEnzyme InductionFemaleHumansInterferon-gammaMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNitric OxideNitric Oxide SynthaseOmega-N-MethylarginineSimplexvirusTransfectionVaccinia virusVirus ReplicationConceptsViral replicationIFN-gammaHerpes simplex-1 virusNitric oxideDetectable NO synthesisSubstantial antiviral effectEctromelia virus infectionNitric oxide synthaseInducible NO synthaseIFN-gamma-treated macrophagesOxide synthaseAntiviral effectVirus infectionNO synthaseNO synthesisAntiviral activityInterferonEpithelial cellsMouse macrophagesCell productionMacrophagesCell typesSynthaseInhibitors
1999
Phenotype of Mice and Macrophages Deficient in Both Phagocyte Oxidase and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase
Shiloh M, MacMicking J, Nicholson S, Brause J, Potter S, Marino M, Fang F, Dinauer M, Nathan C. Phenotype of Mice and Macrophages Deficient in Both Phagocyte Oxidase and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase. Immunity 1999, 10: 29-38. PMID: 10023768, DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80004-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbscessAnimalsBacterial InfectionsCrosses, GeneticEscherichia coliGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseListeria monocytogenesListeriosisMacrophages, PeritonealMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred StrainsMice, KnockoutNADPH Oxidase 2NADPH OxidasesNitric Oxide SynthaseNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIPhenotypeSalmonella Infections, AnimalSalmonella typhimuriumConceptsInducible nitric oxide synthaseNitric oxide synthaseOxide synthaseSpecific pathogen-free conditionsPathogen-free conditionsPhagocyte oxidaseMassive abscessReactive oxygen intermediatesSuch infectionsPhenotype of miceCommensal organismsNitrogen intermediatesMiceOxygen intermediatesNOS2MacrophagesS. typhimuriumVirulent ListeriaEnteric bacteria