Effect of melatonin on the generation of nitric oxide in murine macrophages

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 501, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 25-30

  Zhang, Shen ^a   Li, Wei ^b   Gao, Qiuhua ^b   Wei, Taotao ^c  

^a HUAIHUA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Macrophage; Melatonin; Nitric oxide; Nuclear factor B

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MACROPHAGES; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II;

EID: 4644220884     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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