Hepatocyte nitric oxide production is induced by Kupffer cells

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1737-1745

  Shiratori, Yasushi ^a   Ohmura, Keiji ^b   Hikiba, Yohko ^b   Matsumura, Masayuki ^b   Nagura, Toru ^b   Okano, Ken'ichi ^b   Kamii, Kazuo ^b   Omata, Masao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cellular communication; Hepatocytes; Kupffer cells; mRNA; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION AND CELL CONTACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031827788     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018879502520     Document Type: Article

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