Exercise and endothelial function: Role of endothelium-derived nitric oxide and oxidative stress in healthy subjects and hypertensive patients

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-96

  Higashi, Yukihito ^a   Yoshizumi, Masao ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; ACh; Aerobic exercise; Ang II; Angiotensin II; CGMP; Cyclic guanosine monophosphate; EDHF; Endothelial function; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; ENOS; Hypertension; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROGENESIS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN DILATATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 1842471294     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2004.02.003     Document Type: Review

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