Amiodarone and N-desethylamiodarone enhance endothelial nitric oxide production in human endothelial cells

International Heart Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-93

  Kishida, Shinya ^a   Nakajima, Toshiaki ^a   Ma, Ji ^a   Jo, Taisuke ^a   Imuta, Hiroyuki ^a   Oonuma, Hitoshi ^a   Iida, Haruko ^a   Takano, Haruhito ^a   Morita, Toshihiro ^a   Nagai, Ryozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Human endothelial cell; mRNA; N desethylamiodarone; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; AMIODARONE; CALCIUM ION; DEETHYLAMIODARONE; EGTAZIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NICKEL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRILE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRODE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL VEIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AMIODARONE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33344467127     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.47.85     Document Type: Article

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