Flow activates an endothelial potassium channel to release an endogenous nitrovasodilator

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 1663-1671

  Cooke, John P ^a   Rossitch Jr , Eugene ^b   Andon, Nancy A ^b   Loscalzo, Joseph ^b   Dzau, Victor J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium derived relaxing factor; Nitric oxide; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANIMAL; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; IN VITRO; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCORPION VENOMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0025724919     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI115481     Document Type: Article

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