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 pathwaysSynthaseGlucocorticoidsLungAltered 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 monocytogenesHypotension