Theophylline inhibits the production of nitric oxide by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 90-95

  Sansone, Giorgio R ^a   Matin, Abdul ^a   Wang, Soo Fang ^a   Bouboulis, Denis ^a   Frieri, Marianne ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0031868123     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63114-6     Document Type: Article

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