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Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is not required for IL-2-induced hypotension and vascular leak syndrome in mice.
Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997) - 1 May 2008
Kondapaneni Muralidhar, McGregor John R, Salvemini Daniela, Laubach Victor E, Samlowski Wolfram E
Abstract excerpt
Dose limiting side effects of interleukin-2 (IL-2) include severe hypotension and vascular leak syndrome (VLS). Previous studies have shown that nitric oxide (NO) synthesis is strongly induced after IL-2 treatment of C3H/HeN mice (180,000 IU b.i.d. for 5 d). We employed knockout mice (on C57BL/6 background) to test the role of the inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in mediating IL-2 toxicity. In contrast to C3H/HeN...
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