Characterization of cationic amino acid transporter and its gene expression in rat hepatic stellate cells in relation to nitric oxide production

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 923-932

  Ookawauchi, Kouji ^a   Saibara, Toshiji ^a   Yoshikawa, Takashi ^a   Li, Chun Lin ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Hiroi, Makoto ^a   Enzan, Hideaki ^a   Fukata, Junichi ^a   Onishi, Saburo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cationic amino acid transporter; iNOS; Interferon ; Ito cell; Kinetic analysis; L arginine; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; ITO CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STELLATE CELL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0032403866     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(98)80120-7     Document Type: Article

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