Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression is selectively induced in astrocytes isolated from adult human brain

Brain Research

Volumn 813, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 402-405

  Zhao, Meng Liang ^a   Liu, Judy S h ^a   He, Deke ^a   Dickson, Dennis W ^a   Lee, Sunhee C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Astrocyte; Culture; Cytokine; Human; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II;

EID: 0032495195     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01023-3     Document Type: Article

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