N-acetylcysteine improves cytotoxic activity of cirrhotic rat liver-associated mononuclear cells

International Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1501-1508

  Tsuyuki, Shigeru ^a   Yamauchi, Akira ^a   Nakamura, Hajime ^a   Nakamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Kinoshita, Koichi ^a   Gomi, Takashi ^a   Kawai, Yasuhiro ^a   Hirose, Tetsuro ^a   Furuke, Keizo ^a   Ikai, Iwao ^a   Ohmori, Katsuyuki ^a   Yamaoka, Yoshio ^a   Inamoto, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhotic liver; Glutathione; Liver associated mononuclear cells; NK activity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; THIOACETAMIDE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 7344221517     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/10.10.1501     Document Type: Article

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