Relaxing effect of interleukin-1 on rat cultured Ito cells

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1412-1417

  Sakamoto, Masaharu ^a   Ueno, Takato ^a   Sugawara, Hiroshi ^a   Torimura, Takuji ^a   Tsuji, Riko ^a   Sujaku, Kodo ^a   Sata, Michio ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ITO CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INTERLEUKIN-1; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PENICILLAMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; S-NITROSO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE;

EID: 0030900453     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250618     Document Type: Article

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