Ascorbate-dependent enhancement of nitric oxide formation in activated macrophages

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-241

  Mizutani, Akifumi ^a   Maki, Hideki ^a   Torii, Yasuyoshi ^a   Hitomi, Kiyotaka ^a   Tsukagoshi, Norihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Gene expression; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032440098     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/niox.1998.0182     Document Type: Article

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