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 machines