Cobalt-60 gamma radiation increased the nitric oxide generation in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells

Life Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 3055-3063

  Zhong, Guang Zhen ^a   Chen, Feng Rong ^a   Bu, Ding Fang ^a   Wang, Shu Heng ^a   Pang, Yong Zheng ^a   Tang, Chao Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Radiation nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COBALT 60; CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANGIOPLASTY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; RESTENOSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARGININE; CELLS, CULTURED; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; CYCLIC GMP; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GAMMA RAYS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 1842712519     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.08.049     Document Type: Article

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