Amino acids as modulators of endothelium-derived nitric oxide

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Kakoki, Masao ^a   Kim, Hyung Suk ^a   Edgell, Cora Jean S ^a   Maeda, Nobuyo ^a   Smithies, Oliver ^a   Mattson, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Kidney; L arginine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIMYCIN; GLUTAMINE; HOMOARGININE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE; SERINE; SODIUM;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL CULTURE; CELL DISRUPTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENCE; HEAVY CHAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOLATED KIDNEY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; KIDNEY VEIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 33746640887     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00417.2005     Document Type: Article

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