Long-term blockade of nitric oxide synthesis in rats modulates coronary capillary network remodeling

Angiogenesis

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-146

  Goto, Daisuke ^a   Fujii, Satoshi ^a   Zaman, A K M Tarikuz ^a   Sakuma, Ichiro ^a   Gao, Ming ^b   Koyama, Tomiyasu ^b   Mitchell, John ^c   Woodcock Mitchell, Janet ^d   Sobel, Burton E ^d   Kitabatake, Akira ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary network; Growth factors; Nitric oxide; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002868325     PISSN: 09696970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009050131966     Document Type: Article

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