Nitric oxide-dependent vasorelaxation and endothelial cell damage caused by mercury chloride

Toxicology

Volumn 192, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 179-188

  Golpon, Heiko A ^a,b   Püchner, Annette ^a   Barth, Peter ^a   Welte, Tobias ^b   Wichert, Peter V ^a   Feddersen, Christian O ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Mercury chloride; Nitric oxide; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD; CELL DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; VASCULAR RING;

EID: 0142250746     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(03)00303-2     Document Type: Article

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