Vascular endothelial growth factor up-regulates nitric oxide synthase expression in endothelial cells

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 773-780

  Bouloumié, Anne ^a   Schini Kerth, Valérie B ^a   Busse, Rudi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Human; MRNA stability; Nitric oxide synthase; Protein tyrosine kinase; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CYCLIC GMP; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0033025662     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(98)00228-4     Document Type: Article

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