Protective effects of agmatine on lipopolysaccharide-injured microglia and inducible nitric oxide synthase activity

Life Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 25-26, 2012, Pages 1345-1350

  Ahn, Soo Kyung ^a   Hong, Samin ^a   Park, Yu Mi ^a   Choi, Ja Yong ^a   Lee, Won Taek ^a   Park, Kyung Ah ^a   Lee, Jong Eun ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Lipopolysaccharide; Microglia; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROGLIA; MICROINJECTIONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84870300271     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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