Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) is known to be synthesized enzymatically in a tightly regulated manner by a number of tissues and cell types. The NO produced by cells serves a wide variety of functions in such cells as vascular endothelia, immune cells, neurons and glia, hepatocytes, and smooth muscle cells (for review, Bredt and Snyder 1994; Knowles and Moncada 1994; Nathan and Xie 1994). The functions of NO are diverse, having actions on vascular tone, neurotransmission (Bredt and Snyder 1994), immune cytotoxicity (Nüssler and Billiar 1993), and others.
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Goureau, O., Faure, V., De Kozak, Y., Behar-Cohen, F., Dighiero, P., Courtois, Y. (2000). Regulation of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Retina. In: Kashii, S., Akaike, A., Honda, Y. (eds) Nitric Oxide in the Eye. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67949-3_8
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