Regulation of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in IFN-γ-Treated Murine Macrophages Cultured under Hypoxic Conditions

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2638-2644

  Melillo, Giovanni ^a,b   Taylor, Lynn S ^a   Brooks, Alan ^a   Cox, George W ^a   Varesio, Luigi ^a,c  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MACROPHAGES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0030587161     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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