Ammonia increases nitric oxide, free Zn 2+, and metallothionein mRNA expression in cultured rat astrocytes

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 392, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1155-1165

  Kruczek, Carolin ^a   Görg, Boris ^a   Keitel, Verena ^a   Bidmon, Hans J ^b   Schliess, Freimut ^a,c   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Hepatic encephalopathy; Metallothionein; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; DIZOCILPINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; ZINC;

RATTUS; TETRA;

EID: 80755169614     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2011.199     Document Type: Article

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