A nitric oxide production bioassay for interferon-γ

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-209

  Kim, Young Myeong ^a   Son, Kyonghee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokine; gene transfer; IFN ; macrophage cell line RAW264.7; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL LINE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON TYPE II; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMYXIN B; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030582560     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(96)00162-7     Document Type: Article

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