Endothelial nitric oxide synthase regulates microlymphatic flow via collecting lymphatics

Circulation Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 204-209

  Hagendoorn, Jeroen ^a   Padera, Timothy P ^a   Kashiwagi, Satoshi ^a   Isaka, Naohide ^a   Noda, Fatima ^a   Lin, Michelle I ^b   Huang, Paul L ^a   Sessa, William C ^b   Fukumura, Dai ^a   Jain, Rakesh K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Edema; ENOS; Lymphangiography; Lymphatic function; Microlymphatics

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; IN VIVO STUDY; INJECTION; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; LIGATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RHEOLOGY; TAIL;

EID: 3342917164     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000135549.72828.24     Document Type: Article

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