Effects of pulsatile shear stress on nitric oxide production and endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase expression by ovine fetoplacental artery endothelial cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1053-1059

  Li, Yun ^a   Zheng, Jing ^a   Bird, Ian M ^a,b   Magness, Ronald R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Female reproductive tract; Nitric oxide; Placenta; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SHEEP; VASODILATATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FETUS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0041860919     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.013474     Document Type: Article

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