Figure 1.
Quinine stimulates nitric oxide (NO) responses in a dose-dependent manner in sinonasal air–liquid interfaces. (A) NO responses to 0.01% and 0.1% quinine, (B) EtOH vehicle, and (C) quinine in the presence of l-NG-nitroarginine methyl ester (L-NAME) (n = 3–6 cultures). NO response to quinine is significantly greater than response to EtOH vehicle or quinine plus L-NAME after a period of 10 min, p < 0.01.