Therapeutic strategies for the inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase - Potential for a novel class of anti-inflammatory agents

Cell Biology International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-58

  Pfeilschifter, Josef ^a   Eberhardt, Wolfgang ^a   Hummel, Richard ^a   Kunz, Dieter ^a   Mühl, Heiko ^a   Nitsch, Dorothea ^a   Plüss, Christoph ^a   Walker, Gaby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin; Glucocorticoids; L arginine; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthases; Nuclear factor KB; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARGININE; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASODILATATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029980689     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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