Expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in human cultured endometrial stromal cells

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-357

  Yoshiki, Naoyuki ^a   Kubota, Toshiro ^a   Matsumoto, Yukie ^a   Aso, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial stromal cells; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Interferon ; Interleukin 1

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0032891957     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.4.353     Document Type: Article

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