Activity and expression of nitric oxide synthase in the hypertrophied rat bladder and the effect of nitric oxide on bladder smooth muscle growth

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2689-2694

  Johansson, Rebecka ^a,b,c   Kumar Pandita, Raj ^a,b,c   Poljakovic, Mirjana ^a,b,c   Garcia Pascual, Angeles ^a,b,c   De Vente, Jan ^a,b,c   Persson, Katarina ^a,b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bladder; Bladder neck obstruction; Muscle, smooth; Nitric oxide synthase; Rats, Sprague Dawley

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM ION; CITRULLINE; CYCLIC GMP; LEUCINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER MUSCLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MUSCLE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0036893899     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64245-0     Document Type: Article

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