Influence of cigarette smoke on the arginine pathway in asthmatic airways: Increased expression of arginase I - Bergeron, Céline; Boulet, Louis-Philippe; Page, Nathalie; Laviolette, Michel; Zimmermann, Nives; Rothenberg, Marc E.; Hamid, Qutayba (Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2007)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Allergy and Immunology; Arginase - genetics; Arginase I; Arginine - metabolism; Asthma; Asthma - metabolism; Biological and medical sciences; Bronchi - metabolism; Cell growth; cigarette smoke; Cigarettes; Clinical outcomes; Collagen; Enzymes; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Immunopathology; iNOS; Male; Medical sciences; Nicotine - pharmacology; Nitric oxide; Nitric Oxide - biosynthesis; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II - analysis; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II - genetics; ornithine decarboxylase; Ornithine Decarboxylase - analysis; Ornithine Decarboxylase - genetics; Polyamines; RNA, Messenger - analysis; Rodents; Smoking; Smoking - metabolism; NO; NOS; Arginase I; iNOS; ornithine decarboxylase; asthma; cigarette smoke; ODC; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Tobacco smoking; Arginase; Lyases; Respiratory system; Cigarette; Respiratory tract; Immunology; Arginine; Carboxy-lyases; Bronchus disease; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Immunopathology; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Enzyme; Ornithine decarboxylase; Nitric-oxide synthase; Asthma; Carbon-carbon lyases; Aminoacid; Hydrolases; Oxidoreductases