Activation and inactivation of cyclo-oxygenase in rat alveolar macrophages by aqueous cigarette tar extracts. [electronic resource]
- Free radical biology & medicine Sep 1999
- 673-82 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
0891-5849
10.1016/s0891-5849(99)00120-3 doi
Animals Arachidonic Acid--metabolism Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases--metabolism Cell Survival--drug effects Cyclooxygenase 1 Dinoprostone--metabolism Enzyme Activation--drug effects Female Humans Isoenzymes--metabolism Macrophages, Alveolar--drug effects Membrane Proteins Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Phosphorylation Plants, Toxic Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases--metabolism RNA, Messenger--metabolism Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Smoking--adverse effects Tars--pharmacology Nicotiana--adverse effects Trypan Blue Vitamin E Deficiency--metabolism p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases