Nitric oxide contributes to the progression of myocardial damage in experimental autoimmune myocarditis in rats

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 489-496

  Ishiyama, Shigeru ^a,b   Hiroe, Michiaki ^a   Nishikawa, Toshio ^b   Abe, Shinji ^a   Shimojo, Takashi ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Ozasa, Sakae ^b   Yamakawa, Katsutoshi ^c   Matsuzaki, Masunori ^c   Mohammed, Minhaz Uddin ^d   Nakazawa, Hiroe ^d   Kasajima, Takeshi ^b   Marumo, Fumiaki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

free radicals; inducible nitric oxide synthase; myocarditis; myosin; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; CYTOKINE; FREE RADICAL; MYOSIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 16944366518     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.2.489     Document Type: Article

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