Successful abrogation by thymoquinone against induction of diabetes mellitus with streptozotocin via nitric oxide inhibitory mechanism

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 195-207

  El Mahmoudy, Abubakr ^a,b   Shimizu, Yasutake ^b   Shiina, Takahiko ^b   Matsuyama, Hayato ^b   El Sayed, Mossad ^a   Takewaki, Tadashi ^b  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Macrophage; Nitric oxide; Streptozotocin; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

I KAPPA B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PROTEIN P42; PROTEIN P44; STREPTOZOCIN; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOINSULINEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; RECORDING; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; BENZOQUINONES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; INSULIN; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PANCREAS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

EID: 10344235988     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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