Deficiency in endothelial nitric oxide synthase impairs myocardial angiogenesis

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 6 52-6, 2002, Pages

  Zhao, Xue ^a   Lu, Xiangru ^b   Feng, Qingping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary development; Endothelial cells; Heart; Knockout mice; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLENETRIAMINE; MATRIGEL; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0036889856     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00383.2002     Document Type: Article

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