Modulation of cholinergic airway reactivity and nitric oxide production by endogenous arginase activity

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1793-1798

  Meurs, Herman ^a   Hamer, Marco A M ^a   Pethe, Stephanie ^b   Vadon Le Goff, Sandrine ^b   Boucher, Jean Luc ^b   Zaagsma, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Arginase; Cholinergic; Constitutive nitric oxide synthase; Guinea pig; L arginine; N( ) hydroxy nor L arginine; N( ) nitro L argin ine methyl ester; Nitric oxide; Tracheal perfusion

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; METHACHOLINE; N(G) HYDROXYARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033845785     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703488     Document Type: Article

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