Nitric oxide synthase is present in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with active multiple sclerosis and is associated with increases in cerebrospinal fluid protein …

V Calabrese, G Scapagnini, A Ravagna… - Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Nitric oxide (NO) is hypothesized to play a role in the immunopathogenesis of multiple
sclerosis (MS). Increased levels of NO metabolites have been found in patients with MS …

Nitric oxide metabolite determinations reveal continuous inflammation in multiple sclerosis

AI Danilov, M Andersson, N Bavand, NP Wiklund… - Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) is formed as a consequence of induction of the iNOS enzyme during
inflammatory disorders. To investigate NO production in multiple sclerosis (MS), we …

Increased intrathecal nitric oxide formation in multiple sclerosis; cerebrospinal fluid nitrite as activity marker

L Brundin, E Morcos, T Olsson… - European journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Nitric oxide is formed from L‐arginine by a family of enzymes: nitric oxide synthase (NOS).
The inducible nitric oxide synthase is activated by cytokines and it has been suggested that …

Activation of the inducible form of nitric oxide synthase in the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis.

O Bagasra, FH Michaels, YM Zheng… - Proceedings of the …, 1995 - National Acad Sciences
Nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated as a pathogenic mediator in a variety of central
nervous system (CNS) disease states, including the animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Expression of the inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase in the central nervous system of mice correlates with the severity of actively induced experimental allergic …

Y Okuda, Y Nakatsuji, H Fujimura, H Esumi… - Journal of …, 1995 - Elsevier
A cytokine-mediated excessive increase in nitric oxide (NO) by macrophages or glial cells
via an inducible isoform of NO synthase (iNOS) has been proposed to play an important role …

The potential role of nitric oxide in multiple sclerosis

G Giovannoni, SJR Heales, JM Land… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
Nitric oxide (. NO) and its reactive derivative peroxynitrite (ONOO7) have been implicated in
the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). They are cytotoxic to oligodendrocytes and …

Extensive peroxynitrite activity during progressive stages of central nervous system inflammation

RC van der Veen, DR Hinton, F Incardonna… - Journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) production has been associated with disease activity in multiple sclerosis
and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). This free radical can be …

Nitric oxide synthase expression and enzymatic activity in multiple sclerosis

H Broholm, B Andersen, B Wanscher… - Acta neurologica …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We used post‐mortem magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance to obtain paired
biopsies from the brains of four patients with clinical definite multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Peroxynitrite formation within the central nervous system in active multiple sclerosis

AH Cross, PT Manning, RM Keeling, RE Schmidt… - Journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
Peroxynitrite, generated by the reaction of nitric oxide (NO) with superoxide at sites of
inflammation, is a strong oxidant capable of damaging tissues and cells. Detection of …

The role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis.

E Santiago, LA Perez-Mediavilla… - Journal of physiology …, 1998 - europepmc.org
Nitric oxide is a free radical gas, NO, of paramount relevance in biology. The enzymes
responsible for the synthesis of NO from L-arginine in mammalian tissues are known as …