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Human Evaluation of the Glu298Asp polymorphism in NOS3 gene and its relationship with onset age of ESRD in Iranian patients suffering from ADPKD
... By the age of 60 years, about half of the ADPKD patients have progressed to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and require renal replacement therapy (dialysis or a kidney transplant) to maintain life (6). One of the most ...
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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase G894T polymorphism increases the risk of infertility in women with endometriosis
... The duration of the symptoms until the diagnosis of endometriosis ranged from 3 to 6 years in 24 patients participants. Among infertile women, 15 patients reported symptom duration between 3 and 6 years, ...
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TLR2 signal influences the iNOS/NO responses and worm development in C57BL/6J mice infected with Clonorchis sinensis
... 5]. Nitric oxide (NO) formation and nitrosation may contribute to the development of liver fluke-associated carcinogenesis ...by nitric oxide synthase ...
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Effects of cigarette smoke on degranulation and NO production by mast cells and epithelial cells
... reactivity, exacerbations of asthma, and an increased fre- quency of pulmonary infections. These effects are consid- ered to be due to the direct actions of cigarette-derived toxins and ciliotoxins causing connective ...
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Anti-inflammatory effect of ozonated krill (Euphausia superba) oil in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages
... inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) forward and reverse primers: 5′- CAC CTT GGA GTT CAC CCA GT -3′ and 5′- ACC ACT CGT ACT TGG GAT GC -3′; interleukin-1 β (IL-1 β ) forward and ...
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Urinary Magnesium and Calcium Excretion after Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition in Normotensive and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.
... Many physiological functions rely on the precise maintenance of body calcium (Ca 2+ ) and magnesium (Mg 2+ ) balance, which is tightly regulated by the concerted actions of intestinal absorption, renal reabsorption, and ...
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Nitrite Derived from Endogenous Bacterial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity Promotes Aerobic Respiration
... excluding a role for nitrate as the modulator of growth (Fig. 3D and E). As expected, nitrite was effectively able to rescue the growth defect associated with the narA nos double mutant (Fig. 3F). However, since nitrite ...
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Research Paper: Correlation Between Serum and Seminal Leptin and Nitric Oxide (Nitrite) in Asthenote-ratozoospermic Males
... Leptin can directly affect the anterior pituitary to stimulate LH secretion [17, 18]. Leptin receptors are also expressed in the pituitary gland [17]. Studies re- ported that leptin enhances Nitric Oxide ...
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Bacterial infection induces nitric oxide synthase in human neutrophils
... Leukocyte isolation and immunocytochemistry. Cell pellets from fresh nitrite positive, leukocyte esterase positive urines were incu- bated with CD45 (Anti-HLe-1) monoclonal antibody or with CD14 (LEU-M3) monoclonal ...
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Nitric oxide and the control of coronary vascular tone
... of nitric oxide synthase and other drugs The observation that nitric oxide was synthesised from L- arginine (Palmer et al 1988a) led to the development of L- arginine analogues to ...
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The caveolar nitric oxide synthase/arginine regeneration system for NO production in endothelial cells
... In liver tissue, AS plays an essential role in urea synthesis and appears to be associated with the outer mitochondrial membrane (Cohen and Kuda, 1996). By contrast, endothelial AS appears to be the rate-limiting enzyme ...
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Astragaloside IV protects against diabetic nephropathy via activating eNOS in streptozotocin diabetes induced rats
... TUNEL staining was performed using a peroxidase In Situ Cell Death Detection Kit (11,684,955,910, Roche, Swiss). Tissue sections were treated with 3% hydrogen peroxide and added the equilibration buffer. Then the ...
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Nitric oxide synthase and the contribution of nitric oxide to vertebrate motor control
... the role of NO in the ‘metamodulation’ of locomotion. I have already delved into the characteristics of this messenger molecule earlier in this introduction, but now I will describe som[r] ...
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Anti-inflammatory property of Parkia speciosa empty pod extract in human umbilical vein endothelial cells
... Parkia speciosa Hassk, locally known as petai papan, is a common medicinal plant found in Southeast Asia. Its empty pods were reported to contain high concentrations of polyphenols, particularly quercetin. This study ...
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Changes in the nitric oxide system in the shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Crustacea, decapoda) CNS induced by a nociceptive stimulus
... Twenty minutes after injury, NADPH-d expression was observed in small (15-20m in diameter) and larger (more than 30m) neurons in all neuromeres of the SOG (Fig.1D). Thirty minutes after injection, these cells were ...
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Serotonin and platelet studies in vascular disease
... hi s t a m i n e concentrations in PVD patients is p r o b a b l y due to i ncreased uptake from a plasma rich pool (Gill et al., 1989) since, as shown in our laboratory, platelet h i s t a m i n e uptake can be e ...
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A CLINICAL COMPARATIVE STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF LIV 52 DS TABLETS IN NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS (NASH)
... inhibits nitric oxide production, and terminoside A decreases inducible nitric oxide synthase levels in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated peritoneal macrophages, [58] It has strong ...
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Role of nitric oxide in the gastrointestinal tract
... Worldwide osteoarthritis (OA) affects more than 9.6% of men and 18% of women older that 60 years. Treatment for OA often requires chronic use of selective or nonselective nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), ...
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Effect of L- Arginine, the Nitric Oxide Precursor, on Morphine Tolerance in Ovariectomized Rats
... Thirty two OVX rats were divided into four groups: 1- Tolerant group (Tol): morphine tolerance was induced as described above. 2- Tolerant + L-Arginine 10 mg/kg (Tol+L- A10): morphine tolerance was induced similarly. The ...
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Pulsed low frequency magnetic field on obese subjects
... inducible nitric oxide synthase, endothelial nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase-2 in the human nocyte cell line HaCat: potential therapeutic effects in Department of Drug ...
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