Reactive oxygen species mediate endothelium-dependent relaxations in Tetrahydrobiopterin-deficient mice

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 496-502

  Cosentino, Francesco ^a,b   Barker, Jane E ^d   Brand, Michael P ^d   Heales, Simon J ^d   Werner, Ernst R ^c   Tippins, John R ^e   West, Nick ^f   Channon, Keith M ^f   Volpe, Massimo ^b   Lüscher, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalase GTP cyclohydrolase I; Hydrogen peroxide; NO synthase; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CATALASE; CITRULLINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0035045172     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.21.4.496     Document Type: Article

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