Variants of Neural Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Spinal Cord of Neuropathic Rats and Their Effects on Nuclear Factor-κB (NF-κB) Activity in PC12 Cells

Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-89

  Jin, Xiao Gao ^a   He, Song Qing ^a   Yan, Xue Tao ^b   Zhang, Guangxiong ^c   Wan, Li ^a   Wang, Jintao ^a   Li, Yawen ^a   Tian, Xuebi ^a   Tian, Yuke ^a   Luo, Ailin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Hubei Provincial Tumor Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Neural nitric oxide variants; neuropathic rats; NF B activity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE ALPHA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PDZ DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPINAL CORD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURALGIA; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PC12 CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 58049204409     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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