Nitric oxide synthases in Kaposi's sarcoma are expressed predominantly by vessels and tissue macrophages

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 949-955

  Weninger, Wolfgang ^a   Rendl, Michael ^a   Pammer, Johannes ^a   Mildner, Michael ^a   Tschugguel, Walter ^a   Schneeberger, Christian ^a   Stürzl, Michael ^c   Tschachler, Erwin ^a,b,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Ctr Rech d'Invest Epidermique S   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RNA, MESSENGER; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031870859     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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