Expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA and production of nitric oxide are induced by adenosine triphosphate in cultured rat microglia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-74

  Ohtani, Yoshikazu ^a   Minami, Masabumi ^a   Satoh, Masamichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenosine triphosphate; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Messenger RNA; Microglia; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MICROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034693414     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01478-6     Document Type: Article

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