Nitric Oxide and Infection

An Overview of Nitric Oxide in Infection.- Historical Aspects of Nitric Oxide.- The Discovery of the Biological Synthesis of Nitric Oxide.- Biological Roles of Nitric Oxide.- Biochemistry of Nitric Oxide.- Enzymology of Nitric Oxide Biosynthesis.- Cytokine Regulation of Nitric Oxide Production.- Human Mononuclear Phagocyte Nitric Oxide Production and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression.- Cardiovascular Actions of Nitric Oxide.- Biochemical Regulation of Nitric Oxide Cytotoxicity.- Cytoprotective Effects of NO against Oxidative Injury.- Immunomodulatory Actions of Nitric Oxide.- Nitric Oxide and Epithelial Host Defense.- Antimicrobial Properties of Nitric Oxide.- Nitric Oxide in Specific Infections.- Nitric Oxide in Sepsis.- Nitric Oxide in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection.- Nitric Oxide in Malaria.- Nitric Oxide in Schistosomiasis.- Nitric Oxide in Leishmaniasis.- Nitric Oxide in Viral Myocarditis.- Nitric Oxide in Influenza.- Nitric Oxide in Bacterial Meningitis.- Nitric Oxide in AIDS-Associated Neurological Disease.- Nitric Oxide in Listeriosis.- Future Directions.- Therapeutic Applications of Nitric Oxide in Infection.