The human internal thoracic artery releases more nitric oxide in response to vascular endothelial growth factor than the human saphenous vein

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 305-309

  Broeders, Martijn A W ^a   Doevendans, Pieter A ^a   Maessen, Jos G ^a   Van Gorsel, Erik ^a   Oude Egbrink, Mirjam G A ^a   Daemen, Mat J A P ^a   Tangelder, G J ^b   Reneman, Robert S ^a   Van der Zee, Rien ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 18744375155     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.113602     Document Type: Article

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