N,N'-diacetyl-L-cystine - The disulfide dimer of N-acetylcysteine - Is a potent modulator of contact sensitivity/delayed type hypersensitivity reactions in rodents

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1174-1184

  Särnstrand, Bengt ^a   Jansson, Anne Helene ^a   Matuseviciene, Giedre ^a,b   Scheynius, Annika ^a,b   Pierrou, Stefan ^a   Bergstrand, Håkan ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN A; D 7042; D 7193; ETHYLENE 2,2' BIS(DITHIO)BIS(ETHANOL); IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; OXAZOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0344224201     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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