Effect of 17β-oestradiol on cytokine-induced nitric oxide production in rat isolated aorta

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1089-1096

  Kauser, Katalin ^a   Sonnenberg, Dagmar ^a   Diel, Patrick ^b,c   Rubanyi, Gabor M ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

IL 1 ; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Oestrogen; Tamoxifen; TGF ; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; PHENYLEPHRINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; 4-HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN; ANTIBODY; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; NOS2 PROTEIN, RAT; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; ANIMAL; AORTA; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AORTA; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0031596640     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701715     Document Type: Article

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