Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase: A New Paradigm for Gene Regulation in the Injured Blood Vessel

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 405-412

  Tai, Sharon C ^a   Robb, G Brett ^a   Marsden, Philip A ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Gene regulation; mRNA stability; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA STABILITY; SHEAR STRESS; SHORT SURVEY; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL HYPOXIA; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INDUCTION; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 1542373723     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000109171.50229.33     Document Type: Short Survey

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