Calcineurin inhibitors, cyclosporin A and tacrolimus inhibit expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in colon epithelial and macrophage cell lines

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 448, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 239-244

  Hämäläinen, Mari ^a   Lahti, Aleksi ^a   Moilanen, Eeva ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colitis; Cyclosporin A; iNOS (inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase); Nitric oxide (NO); Sulfasalazine; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; ENDOTOXIN; ETANERCEPT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; METHOTREXATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TACROLIMUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY; CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NOS2A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; COLON MUCOSA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; ENTERITIS; ENZYME REPRESSION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLON; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; CALCINEURIN; CELL LINE; COLON; CYCLOSPORINE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TACROLIMUS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II;

EID: 0037135037     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(02)01947-7     Document Type: Article

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