L-arginine transport in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells of spontaneously hypertensive rats and effect of liposome on the transport

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Yao, Xing Hai ^a   Lu, Xiao Yan ^a   Zhang, Ling Zhi ^a   Niu, Da Di ^a   Gao, Lian Ru ^b   Pang, Yong Zheng ^a   Su, Jing Yi ^a   Tang, Chao Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Hypertension; L Arginine; Liposome; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DRUG CARRIER; LIPOSOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; METABOLISM; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG CARRIERS; HYPERTENSION; LIPOSOMES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0347703426     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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