Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate inhibits immunostimulant-induced tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis in rat vascular smooth muscle

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-112

  Hattori, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nakanishi, Nobuo ^b   Kasai, Kikuo ^a   Shimoda, Shin Ichi ^a   Gross, Steven S ^c  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

GTP cyclohydrolase I; Nitric oxide (NO); Nuclear factor B; Rat; Smooth muscle cell; Tetrahydrobiopterin; Vascular

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL RESPIRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030033785     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(95)00675-3     Document Type: Article

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