TGF-β2 reduces nitric oxide synthase mRNA through a ROCK-dependent pathway in airway epithelial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Jiang, Jingjing ^a   George, Steven C ^a,b  

^a Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A549; Arginase; Cytokine; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Small airway epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ARGINASE; ARGININE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RHO KINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMIDES; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ASTHMA; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PYRIDINES; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 80052383214     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00464.2010     Document Type: Article

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