Diet-induced atherosclerosis increases the release of nitrogen oxides from rabbit aorta

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 2109-2116

  Minor Jr , Robert L ^a   Myers, Paul R ^a,c   Guerra Jr , Ricardo ^a   Bates, James N ^a   Harrison, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bioassay; Chemiluminescence; EDRF; Hypercholesterolemia; Nitric oxide; Nitrosylated compounds

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARGININE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCIMYCIN; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; LUMINESCENCE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RABBITS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025677318     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI114949     Document Type: Article

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