Melatonin inhibits expression of the inducible NO synthase II in liver and lung and prevents endotoxemia in lipopolysaccharide-induced multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in rats

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1537-1546

  Crespo, Elena ^b   Macías, Manuel ^b   Pozo, David ^b   Escames, Germaine ^b   Martín, Miguel ^b   Vives, Francisco ^b   Guerrero, Juan M ^b   Acuña Castroviejo, Darío ^a  

^a Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endotoxic shock; Genomic effects; iNOS

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0344131940     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.12.1537     Document Type: Article

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