Endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerotic mice: Improved relaxation by combined supplementation with L-arginine-tetrahydrobiopterin and enhanced vasoconstriction by endothelin

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1255-1261

  Jiang, Jiahua ^a   Valen, Guro ^a   Tokuno, Shinichi ^a   Thorén, Peter ^b   Pernow, John ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Atherosclerosis; Endothelin; Endothelium; L arginine; Mouse aorta; Nitric oxide; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; DARUSENTAN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR AGONIST; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SARAFOTOXIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033635176     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703705     Document Type: Article

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