iNOS activity in the aged rat liver tissue

Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Patruno, Antonia ^a   Speranza, L ^a   Tetè, Stefano ^a   Mastrangelo, F ^a   De Lutiis, M A ^a   Pesce, M ^a   Franceschelli, S ^a   Vinciguerra, I ^a   Felaco, M ^a   Grilli, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b University Leonardo Da Vinci Torrevecchia Teatina   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytokines; Inflammation; iNOS; Lung cancer; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CITRULLINE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 42149092673     PISSN: 0393974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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