Increased expression of endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS) in afferent and glomerular endothelial cells is involved in glomerular hyperfiltration of diabetic nephropathy

Diabetologia

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1426-1434

  Sugimoto, H ^a   Shikata, K ^a   Matsuda, M ^a   Kushiro, M ^a   Hayashi, Y ^a   Hiragushi, K ^a   Wada, J ^a   Makino, H ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afferent arterioles; Diabetic nephropathy; Endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS); Glomerular hyperfiltration; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEPHRECTOMY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031773118     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051088     Document Type: Article

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