1998
Increased Levels of Advanced Glycation Endproducts in the Lenses and Blood Vessels of Cigarette Smokers
Nicholl I, Stitt A, Moore J, Ritchie A, Archer D, Bucala R. Increased Levels of Advanced Glycation Endproducts in the Lenses and Blood Vessels of Cigarette Smokers. Molecular Medicine 1998, 4: 594-601. PMID: 9848076, PMCID: PMC2230315, DOI: 10.1007/bf03401759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNondiabetic smokersTissues of smokersCoronary arteryGlycation endproductsSingle greatest preventable causeGreatest preventable causeEnd-organ complicationsAnti-AGE antibodyConsequence of diabetesAdvanced glycation endproductsRenal insufficiencyCigarette smokersPreventable causeSmokersCigarette smokeHigh levelsCausal associationNonsmokersDiabetesMainstream cigarette smokeBlood vesselsAgeExtracellular matrix proteinsArteryLens fiber cells
1995
An Inhibitor of Macrophage Arginine Transport and Nitric Oxide Production (CNI-1493) Prevents Acute Inflammation and Endotoxin Lethality
Bianchi M, Ulrich P, Bloom O, Meistrell M, Zimmerman G, Schmidtmayerova H, Bukrinsky M, Donnelley T, Bucala R, Sherry B, Manogue K, Tortolani A, Cerami A, Tracey K. An Inhibitor of Macrophage Arginine Transport and Nitric Oxide Production (CNI-1493) Prevents Acute Inflammation and Endotoxin Lethality. Molecular Medicine 1995, 1: 254-266. PMID: 8529104, PMCID: PMC2229913, DOI: 10.1007/bf03401550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNitric oxide synthaseL-arginine transportNO productionInflammatory responseBlood vesselsEndotoxin lethalityEDRF activityL-arginineArginine transportInhibitor of NOSLethal LPS challengeSystemic inflammatory responseNitric oxide productionSelective inhibitorDevelopment of carrageenanProduction of NOBackgroundNitric oxideEDRF responseMurine macrophage-like cell lineTetravalent guanylhydrazoneFootpad inflammationImportant homeostatic mechanismAcute inflammationLPS challengeMacrophage-like cell line