Nitric oxide suppresses human T lymphocyte proliferation through IFN-γ- dependent and IFN-γ-independent induction of apoptosis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 4182-4191

  Allione, Alessandra ^a   Bernabei, Paola ^a   Bosticardo, Marita ^a   Ariotti, Silvia ^a   Forni, Guido ^a   Novelli, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032828455     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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