申请人:Weinberg Joe Brice
公开号:US20090186929A1
公开(公告)日:2009-07-23
A method for inducing apoptosis or cell death in leukemia cells includes inhibiting the production of nitric oxide (NO) by using a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor. The NOS inhibitor includes a NOS1-specific inhibitor, such as N-[4-(2-[(3-chlorophenyl)methyl]amino}ethyl)phenyl]-2-thiophenecarboximide dihydrochloride, [N
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-(1-imino-3-butenyl)-L-ornithine], 7-nitroindazole, 1-(2-trifluoromethylphenyl)imidazole, 3-bromo-7-nitroindazole, and S-ethyl-N-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)isothiourea HCl.