Ex vivo gene transfer of endothelial nitric oxide synthase to atherosclerotic rabbit aortic rings improves relaxations to acetylcholine

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-271

  Mozes, Geza ^a   Kullo, Iftikhar J ^a   Mohacsi, Tibor G ^a   Cable, David G ^a   Spector, David J ^b   Crotty, Thomas B ^a   Gloviczki, Peter ^a   Katusic, Zvonimir S ^a   O'Brien, Timothy ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoviral vector; Gene transfer; Hypercholesterolemia; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRANSGENE; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RABBITS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032401551     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(98)00180-4     Document Type: Article

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