Irradiation of the rabbit cornea with UVB rays stimulates the expression of nitric oxide synthases-generated nitric oxide and the formation of cytotoxic nitrogen-related oxidants

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 467-473

  Čejková, Jitka ^a   Ardan, T ^a   Cejka C ^a   Kovaceva J ^a   Zidek Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cornea; Reactive nitrogen species; UVB rays

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PEROXYNITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; ISOMER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; RADIATION INJURY; STUDENT T TEST; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CORNEA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; RABBITS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; TYROSINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 16344395496     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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