Antimicrobial peptides and nitric oxide production by neutrophils from periodontitis subjects.
Summary of "Antimicrobial peptides and nitric oxide production by neutrophils from periodontitis subjects."
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Departamento de Diagnóstico Oral, Área Microbiologia e Imunologia, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba, Universidade de Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil.
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Name: Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas / Sociedade Brasilei
ISSN: 1414-431X
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22850872
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Nitric Oxide
A free radical gas produced endogenously by a variety of mammalian cells, synthesized from ARGININE by NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE. Nitric oxide is one of the ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT RELAXING FACTORS released by the vascular endothelium and mediates VASODILATION. It also inhibits platelet aggregation, induces disaggregation of aggregated platelets, and inhibits platelet adhesion to the vascular endothelium. Nitric oxide activates cytosolic GUANYLATE CYCLASE and thus elevates intracellular levels of CYCLIC GMP.
Nitric Oxide Synthase
An NADPH-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of L-ARGININE and OXYGEN to produce CITRULLINE and NITRIC OXIDE.
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I
A CALCIUM-dependent, constitutively-expressed form of nitric oxide synthase found primarily in NERVE TISSUE.
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type Iii
A CALCIUM-dependent, constitutively-expressed form of nitric oxide synthase found primarily in ENDOTHELIAL CELLS.
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type Ii
A CALCIUM-independent subtype of nitric oxide synthase that may play a role in immune function. It is an inducible enzyme whose expression is transcriptionally regulated by a variety of CYTOKINES.
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