Inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS II) is constitutive in human neutrophils

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Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 963-968

  Cedergren, Jan ^a,b   Follin, Per ^a   Forslund, Tony ^a   Lindmark, Maria ^a   Sundqvist, Tommy ^a   Skogh, Thomas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Granulocytes; Inflammation; iNOS; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; DYFLOS; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SEPARATION; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; SKIN;

EID: 0242330233     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2003.1111008.x     Document Type: Article

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