Cytokines enhance nitric oxide production from human BT325 astrocytoma cells

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 759-762

  Zhao, Hong Wei ^a,b   Li, Xiao Yu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b People's Hospital of Henna Province   (China)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Cultured tumor cells; Interferon type II; Interleukin 1; Interleukin 2; Lipopolysaccharides; Nitric oxide; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032843281     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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