An alternative pathway of nitric oxide production by rat astrocytes requires specific antigen and T cell contact

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-56

  Xiao, Bao Guo ^a   Xu, Ling Yun ^a   Yang, Jian She ^a   Huang, Yu Min ^a   Link, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Astrocytes; Nitric oxide; T cells

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING ANTIBODY; CD40 ANTIGEN; FREUND ADJUVANT; GAMMA INTERFERON; LINSIDOMINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITOPES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034737543     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00914-9     Document Type: Article

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