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Nitric oxide is a potential down-regulating molecule in autoimmune disease: inhibition of nitric oxide production renders PVG rats highly susceptible to EAE.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Aug 1998
Cowden W B, Cullen F A, Staykova M A, Willenborg D O
Abstract excerpt
Rat strains vary in their susceptibility to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) and in many cases, factors other than MHC antigens are thought to play a role in this. We found that PVG rats, which have a very low susceptibility to EAE, were rendered highly susceptible to clinical disease when treated with N-methylarginine (NMA) an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS). The clinical course of the...
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