iNOS gene upregulation is associated with the early proliferative response of human lung fibroblasts to cytokine stimulation

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 372-379

  Romanska, Hanna M ^a   Polak, Julia M ^a   Coleman, Robert A ^a   James, Rowena S ^b   Harmer, Daniel W ^b   Allen, Jennifer C ^b   Bishop, Anne E ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Pharmagene Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibroblast proliferation; Lung fibrosis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CARBOXYPHENYL) 4,4,5,5 TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE 1 OXYL 3 OXIDE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FETUS; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNODETECTION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG FIBROSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; CYTOKINES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FIBROBLASTS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; LUNG; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PENICILLAMINE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036062986     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1116     Document Type: Article

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