Nitric oxide and peroxynitrite released by ultraviolet B-irradiated human endothelial cells are possibly involved in skin erythema and inflammation

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1021-1033

  Deliconstantinos, George ^a   Villiotou, Vassiliki ^a   Stavrides, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; PEROXYNITRITE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SUNBURN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029799892     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1996.sp003986     Document Type: Article

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