Mechanisms of suppression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in RAW 264.7 cells by andrographolide

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1553-1560

  Chiou, Wen Fei ^a,c   Chen, Chieh Fu ^a   Lin, Jin Jung ^b  

^a Natl Res Inst of Chinese M   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Andrographolide; de novo protein synthesis; Inducible NO synthase (iNOS); Macrophage; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHOLIDE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REPRESSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MACROPHAGE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; RAT;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA;

EID: 0034001308     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703191     Document Type: Article

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