Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation is inhibited by in vivo depletion of vascular thiol levels: Role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase

Free Radical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 387-394

  Laursen, Jørn Bech ^a,b   Boesgaard, Søren ^a,b   Trautner, Simon ^a,b   Rubin, Inger ^a,b   Poulsen, Henrik E ^a,b   Aldershvile, Jan ^a,b  

^a University Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Genetic   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

eNOS; Free radicals; Nitric oxide; Thiols; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GLUTATHIONE; LUCIGENIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE; THIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPOTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034820972     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760100300901     Document Type: Article

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