[Levels of interleukin-2 )IL-2 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) mRNA in aged rat spleen under physiological conditions and in septic shock: possible role of pidotimod in gene expression modulation]

MeSH terms

• Adjuvants, Immunologic / pharmacology*
• Aging / genetics
• Aging / immunology*
• Aging / metabolism
• Animals
• Escherichia coli Infections / immunology*
• Escherichia coli Infections / metabolism
• Gene Expression Regulation / drug effects*
• Interleukin-2 / biosynthesis*
• Interleukin-2 / genetics
• Male
• Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
• Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / pharmacology
• RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis*
• Rats
• Rats, Sprague-Dawley
• Shock, Septic / immunology*
• Shock, Septic / metabolism
• Spleen / chemistry*
• Spleen / drug effects
• Spleen / pathology
• Stimulation, Chemical
• Thiazoles / pharmacology*
• Thiazolidines
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / biosynthesis*
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / genetics