Benzo[a]pyrene activates interleukin-6 induction and suppresses nitric oxide-induced apoptosis in rat vascular smooth muscle cells

• Huei-Ping Tzeng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Huei-Ping Tzeng, Kuo-Cheng Lan, Ting-Hua Yang

  Affiliation Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Kuo-Cheng Lan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Huei-Ping Tzeng, Kuo-Cheng Lan, Ting-Hua Yang

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ting-Hua Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Huei-Ping Tzeng, Kuo-Cheng Lan, Ting-Hua Yang

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Min-Ni Chung,

  Affiliation Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shing Hwa Liu

  * E-mail: shinghwaliu@ntu.edu.tw

  Current address: Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  Affiliations Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-1197

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