Unconjugated bilirubin modulates nitric oxide production via iNOS regulation

BioScience Trends

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 244-248

  Mazzone, Graciela L ^a,c   Rigato, Igino ^a,d   Tiribelli, Claudio ^a,b  

^a Centro Studi Fegato   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d Hospital of San Vito Al Tagliamento   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Endothelial dysfunction; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRIMER DNA; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; TETRAZOLIUM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLYL BLUE; THIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; DNA PRIMERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; PYRROLIDINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; THIOCARBAMATES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79952276358     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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