Inducible nitric oxide synthase in the liver: Regulation and function

Biochemistry (Moscow)

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 766-781

  Taylor, B S ^a   Alarcon, L H ^a   Billiar, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; Cirrhosis; Gene regulation; Hepatocytes; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Ischemia reperfusion; Malaria; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

RODENTIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NOS2A PROTEIN, HUMAN; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REPERFUSION INJURY;

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