Murray, Peter J., Ph. D.

Arginase and nitric oxide [electronic resource] / Peter J. Murray. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2011. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (39 min.) : color, sound). - Innate immunity : host recognition and response in health and disease, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Innate immunity : host recognition and response in health and disease. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames. Updated version of a talk first published in 2009.

Contents: Catabolism of arginine to downstream substrates -- Catabolism of arginine in macrophages -- Nitric oxide production -- Control of iNOS at the transcriptional level -- Role of nitric oxide in immunity to intracellular pathogens with a focus on mycobacterial disease -- Structure of arginases -- Transcriptional control of arginase 1 in the liver vs. macrophages -- Arginases can suppress nitric oxide production by substrate depletion -- Pathogens use many mechanisms to regulate nitric oxide -- Arginases and alternatively-activated macrophages (AAMs) -- Schistosome infection as an example of AAM function -- AAMs and arginases -- Arginase inhibition by small molecules -- Outstanding questions.

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1996 Henry Stewart Talks


Arginase.
Natural immunity.
Nitric oxide.
arginase I, human.
Arginase.
Arginine.
Immunity, Innate.
Macrophages.
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II.
Nitric Oxide.
NOS2 protein, human.
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