Endothelial NO synthase as a source of NO and superoxide

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-12

  Förstermann, Ulrich ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

(6R) 5,6,7,8 tetrahydro L biopterin; eNOS uncoupling; Zinc thiolate cluster

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANGIOTENSIN II; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HEME; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXIPURINOL; OXYGENASE; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; REDUCING AGENT; SUPEROXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; ZINC COMPLEX; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFESTYLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM;

EID: 33344464249     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-005-0006-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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