Pretreatment of astrocytes with interferon-α/β impairs interferon-γ induction of nitric oxide synthase

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2547-2551

  Stewart, Victoria C ^a   Giovannoni, Gavin ^a,b   Land, John M ^a,b   McDonald, W Ian ^a   Clark, John B ^a   Heales, Simon J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interferon ; Interferon ; Mitochondrial damage; Multiple sclerosis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYPHENBUTAZONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030921516     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68062547.x     Document Type: Article

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