Inhibition by brimonidine of forskolin-induced nitric oxide synthase expression in human ciliary bodies in vitro

Molecular Vision

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 493-496

  Wu, Renyi ^a,b   Yin, Jinfu ^a   Yao, Ke ^a   Haefliger, Ivan ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIMONIDINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FORSKOLIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAWING; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CILIARY BODY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FORSKOLIN; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; QUINOXALINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 34047207877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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