Upregulation of endothelial constitutive NOS: A major role in the increased NO production in cirrhotic rats

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages

  Martin, Pierre Yves ^a,b   Ding, L I X U ^a   Niederberger, Michel ^a   Weigert, Andre ^a   Tsai, Phoebe ^a   John, Judy S T ^a   Gines, Pere ^a   Schrier, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial vasodilation; Cirrhosis; Endothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthase; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROSIS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029965368     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1996.270.3.f494     Document Type: Article

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