Taurine blunts LPS-induced increases in intracellular calcium and TNF- α production by Kupffer cells

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 615-621

  Seabra, Vítor ^a   Stachlewitz, Robert F ^a   Thurman, Ronald G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloride; Cytokine production; Strychnine

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; TAURINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; KUPFFER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 0031760242     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlb.64.5.615     Document Type: Article

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