Role of nitric oxide in immune responses against viruses: beyond microbicidal activity.
Elaine Uchima UeharaBeatriz de Stefano ShidaCyro Alves BritoPublished in: Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] (2015)
Thus, advances in the knowledge of the role of NO in immunomodulation and in the pathogenesis of viral diseases could contribute not only to the development of vaccines and therapeutic strategies but also to the use of its metabolites (nitrate/nitrite) and the enzyme responsible for its production (iNOS) as prognostic markers of some of these viral infections.