Nicotine potentiates superoxide anion generation by human neutrophils

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 484-487

  Jay, Michael ^a   Kojima, Shuji ^a   Gillespie, Mark N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; HEXAMETHONIUM; NICOTINE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; SUPEROXIDE;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTOXICATION; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMAN; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; NEUTROPHILS; NICOTINE; SUPEROXIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0022899492     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-008X(86)90376-5     Document Type: Article

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