High glucose inhibits expression of inducible and constitutive nitric oxide synthase in bovine aortic endothelial cells

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-328

  Guo, Xun ^a   Chen, Li Wei ^a   Liu, Wen Lan ^a   Guo, Zhao Gui ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cultured cells; Glucose; Lipopolysaccharides; Nitric oxide synthase; Vascular endothelium; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETOGENESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNTHESIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLUCOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III;

EID: 0034008925     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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