Reversal by L-arginine of a dysfunctional arginine/nitric oxide pathway in the endothelium of the genetic diabetic BB rat

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 910-915

  Pieper, G M ^a,b   Siebeneich, W ^a   Moore Milton, G ^a   Roza, A M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Diabetes mellitus; Endothelium; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARGININE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGLYCERIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED BB;

EID: 0030801087     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050767     Document Type: Article

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