Dietary copper deficiency increases inducible nitric oxide synthase-mediated vascular dilation in rat aorta

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-95

  Gobejishvili, Leila ^a,b   Saari, Jack T ^c   Adeagbo, Ayotunde S O ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Schuschke, Dale A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Tbilisi St Andrew the First Called Georgian University of Georgian Patriarchate   (Georgia)

^c GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COPPER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME INDUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036237433     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtra.10005     Document Type: Article

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