Role of nitric oxide synthase isozymes in endotoxin-induced uveitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 826-832

  Mandai, Michiko ^a   Mittag, Thomas W ^d   Kogishi, Jun Ichi ^a   Iwaki, Masayoshi ^b   Hangai, Masanori ^a   Yoshimura, Nagahisa ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

endotoxin induced uveitis (EIU); infiltration; N(G) nitro L arginine (L NNA); N iminoethyl L ornithine (L NIO); nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN; ISOENZYME; N(G) NITROARGININE; N5 (1 IMINOETHYL)ORNITHINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARGININE; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ISOENZYMES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; ORNITHINE; PHAGOCYTES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SALMONELLA; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 0029892333     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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