Contribution of type I NOS to expired gas NO and bronchial responsiveness in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 17-4, 1997, Pages

  De Sanctis, George T ^a   Mehta, Sanjay ^b   Kobzik, Lester ^a   Yandava, Chandri ^a   Jiao, Aiping ^a   Huang, Paul L ^a   Drazen, Jeffrey M ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchoconstriction; Knockout; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; LUNG RESISTANCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030722303     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1997.273.4.l883     Document Type: Article

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