Inducible nitric oxide synthase activity and expression in liver and hepatocytes of diabetic rats

Pharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 106-112

  Madar, Zecharia ^a   Kalet Litman, Shiri ^a   Stark, Aliza H ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Liver; Nitric oxide synthase; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DRINKING WATER; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INSULIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GUANIDINES; HEPATOCYTES; INSULIN; LIVER; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 11444256883     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081952     Document Type: Article

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