Nitric oxide expression in airway epithelial cells in response to tubercle bacilli stimulation

Respirology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-124

  Jung Kwon, O ^a   Kim, Jung Hee ^a   Kim, Ho Cheol ^a   Suh, Gee Young ^a   Park, Jung Woong ^a   Chung, Man Pyo ^a   Kim, Hojoong ^a   Rhee, Chong H ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airway epithelial cells; iNOS; Nitric oxide; Tuberculosis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0031827533     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.1998.tb00109.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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