Expression of nitric oxide synthase-2 (NOS-2) in reactive astrocytes of the human glaucomatous optic nerve head

GLIA

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 178-186

  Liu, Bin ^a   Neufeld, Arthur H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Glaucoma; Glia; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS2A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0034118141     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(200004)30:2<178::AID-GLIA7>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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