Molecular mechanisms of increased nitric oxide (NO) in asthma: Evidence for transcriptional and post-translational regulation of NO synthesis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 5970-5980

  Guo, Fuhua H ^a   Comhair, Suzy A A ^a   Zheng, Shuo ^a   Dweik, Raed A ^a   Eissa, N Tony ^b   Thomassen, Mary Jane ^a   Calhoun, William ^c   Erzurum, Serpil C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; BETA ACTIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0034120179     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.11.5970     Document Type: Article

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