Rapid and efficient vascular transport of arginine polymers inhibits myointimal hyperplasia

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 2629-2635

  Uemura, Shiro ^a   Fathman, C Garrison ^a   Rothbard, Jonathan B ^b   Cooke, John P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cellgate Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Muscle, smooth; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYMER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANGIOPLASTY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESTENOSIS; SYNTHESIS; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0034700321     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.21.2629     Document Type: Article

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