Preliminary report: Insulin-induced vasodilation is dependent on tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1037-1039

  Verma, Subodh ^a   Arikawa, Emi ^c   Yao, Linfu ^c   Laher, Ismail ^c   McNeill, John H ^b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; 2,4 DIAMINOHYPOXANTHINE; 2,4-DIAMINOHYPOXANTHINE; 5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; BIOPTERIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; HYPOXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEG BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYNTHESIS; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOPTERIN; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HYPOXANTHINES; INSULIN; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032160994     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(98)90273-6     Document Type: Article

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