Nitric oxide as a second messenger in phagocytosis by cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 138-142

  Kogishi, Jun Ichi ^a   Akimoto, Masayuki ^a   Mandai, Michiko ^a   Kuriyama, Shoji ^a   Hall, Michael O ^c   Honda, Yoshihito ^a   Yoshimura, Nagahisa ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cGMP; Constitutive nitric oxide synthase (cNOS); Nitric oxide; Phagocytosis; Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034124065     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055604     Document Type: Article

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