Coupled and uncoupled NOS: Separate but equal? Uncoupled NOS in endothelial cells is a critical pathway for intracellular signaling

Circulation Research

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 717-719

  Sullivan, Jennifer C ^a   Pollock, Jennifer S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ARGININE; BRADYKININ; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OXYGEN; PEROXYNITRITE; PHOSPHOLIPID; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VASCULOTROPIN; 1 PALMITOYL 2 ARACHIDONYL 3 PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; 1-PALMITOYL-2-ARACHIDONYL-3-PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL ADHESION; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NOTE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEINS; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 33645744625     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000217594.97174.c2     Document Type: Editorial

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