Endothelin enhances lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in rat glial cells

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 339, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 253-260

  Oda, Haruko ^a   Murayama, Toshihiko ^a   Sasaki, Yukio ^b   Okada, Toshikazu ^b   Nomura, Yasuyuki ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

^c Res Inst Orient Med   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelin; Endothelin ET(B) receptor; Glial cell; Nitric oxide synthase inducible; Protein kinase C; TNF (tumor necrosis factor )

Indexed keywords

CALPHOSTIN C; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 2; ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; SUCCINYLENDOTHELIN 1 [8-21][9 GLUTAMIC ACID 11,15 ALANINE]; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GLIA CELL; MACROPHAGE; MODULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; ENDOTHELIN-3; ENDOTHELINS; ENZYME INDUCTION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NEUROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031588342     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)01369-1     Document Type: Article

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