Nitric oxide (NO) synthase activity in the lung and NO synthesis in alveolar macrophages of rats increased on exposure to asbestos

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-315

  Iguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Kojo, Shosuke ^b   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophage; Asbestos; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CARCINOGENS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029763362     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199607)16:4<309::AID-JAT345>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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