Nitric Oxide Accelerates the Onset and Increases the Severity of Experimental Autoimmune Uveoretinitis Through an IFN-γ-Dependent Mechanism

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 5132-5142

  Hoey, Sharon ^a   Grabowski, Peter S ^a   Ralston, Stuart H ^a   Forrester, John V ^a   Liversidge, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEWIS RAT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RETINITIS; URINE; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RETINITIS; RNA, MESSENGER; UVEITIS;

EID: 0031573155     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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