Tetrahydrobiopterin levels regulate endothelial cell proliferation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 281, Issue 2 50-2, 2001, Pages

  Marinos, Rebecca S ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^a,b   Kelly, Katherine A ^a   Meininger, Cynthia J ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Biopterin; Diabetes mellitus; Nitric oxide; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SEPIAPTERIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034880521     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.2.h482     Document Type: Article

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