Nitric oxide synthase in the JGA of the SHR: Expression and role in tubuloglomerular feedback

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 1 46-1, 1999, Pages

  Welch, William J ^a   Tojo, Akihiro ^b   Lee, Jong Un ^c   Kang, Dae Gil ^c   Schnackenberg, Christine G ^a   Wilcox, Christopher S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

7 nitroindazole; Juxtaglomerular apparatus; L arginine; Nitric oxide; Sepiapterin; Spontaneously hypertensive rat; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ARGININE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; SEPIAPTERIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0032792002     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1999.277.1.f130     Document Type: Article

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