Nitric oxide as an inflammatory mediator of radiation pneumonitis in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 16-4, 1997, Pages

  Nozaki, Yasuhiro ^a   Hasegawa, Yoshinori ^a   Takeuchi, Akihide ^a   Fan, Zuo Heng ^a   Isobe, Ken Ichi ^b   Nakashima, Izumi ^a   Shimokata, Kaoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alveolar macrophages; bronchoalveolar lavage; N(G) nitro L arginine methyl ester; nitric oxide synthase; procollagen 1 type III

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROCOLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RAT;

EID: 0030910765     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1997.272.4.l651     Document Type: Article

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