Antifibrotic role of inducible nitric oxide synthase

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-294

  Ferrini, M G ^a,b   Vernet, D ^a,b   Magee, T R ^a,b   Shahed, A ^a,b   Qian, A ^a,b   Rajfer, J ^a,b   Gonzalez Cadavid, N F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fibrosis; Heme oxygenase I; L NIL; Nitric oxide; Peyronie's disease; ROS

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEYRONIE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036331048     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/niox.2001.0421     Document Type: Article

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