Small molecule inhibiting microglial nitric oxide release could become a potential treatment for neuroinflammation.

Microglia are the immune effector cells of the central nervous system (CNS) and react to pathologic events with a complex process including the release of nitric oxide (NO). NO is a free radical, which is toxic for all cells at high concentrations. To target an exaggerated NO release, we tested a li...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Philipp Jordan, Amanda Costa, Edgar Specker, Oliver Popp, Andrea Volkamer, Regina Piske, Tessa Obrusnik, Sabrina Kleissle, Kevin Stuke, Andre Rex, Martin Neuenschwander, Jens Peter von Kries, Marc Nazare, Phillip Mertins, Helmut Kettenmann, Susanne A Wolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278325