Microglial release of nitric oxide by the synergistic action of β-amyloid and IFN-γ

Brain Research

Volumn 692, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 207-214

  Goodwin, Jeffrey L ^a   Uemura, Etsuro ^a   Cunnick, Joan E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; IFN ; Microglia; Nitric oxide; Amyloid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON BETA; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROGLIA; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENZYME INDUCTION; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029087650     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00646-8     Document Type: Article

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