Formation of nitric oxide by rat and hamster alveolar macrophages: An interstrain and interspecies comparison

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 1998, Pages 47-51

  Jesch, Natalie K ^a   Dörger, Martina ^a   Messmer, Konrad ^a   Krombach, Fritz ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Hamster; Interstrain differences; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HOST RESISTANCE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MARTES PENNANTI; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0345698891     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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