The biochemistry of nitric oxide, nitrite, and hemoglobin: Role in blood flow regulation

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 707-717

  Gladwin, Mark T ^a,b,d   Crawford, Jack H ^c   Patel, Rakesh P ^c  

^a CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Free radicals; Hemoglobin; Iron nitrosyl hemoglobin; Nitrite; Oxygen sensing; S nitroso hemoglobin; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN;

AUTOREGULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSENSOR; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CELL ACTIVATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEOXYGENATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NITROSATION; ORGAN INJURY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THROMBOCYTE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 1342328188     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2003.11.032     Document Type: Review

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