Immunocytochemical Characterization of the Expression of Inducible and Constitutive Isoforms of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Demyelinating Multiple Sclerosis Lesions

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-20

  De Groot, Corline J A ^a   Ruuls, Sigrid R ^b   Theeuwes, Jan Willem M ^a   Dijkstra, Christine D ^b   Van Der Valk, Paul ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Brain; Human macrophages; Immunocytochemistry; Macrophage isolation; Nitric oxide synthase; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ISOENZYME; NERVE PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030636128     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199701000-00002     Document Type: Article

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