Nitric oxide decreases cytokine-induced endothelial activation. Nitric oxide selectively reduces endothelial expression of adhesion molecules and proinflammatory cytokines.

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Published in J Clin Invest on July 01, 1995

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R De Caterina1, P Libby, H B Peng, V J Thannickal, T B Rajavashisth, M A Gimbrone, W S Shin, J K Liao

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1: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

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