Effect of cigarette smoking on nitric oxide, structural, and mechanical properties of mouse arteries

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Guo, X ^a   Oldham, M J ^c   Kleinman, M T ^c   Phalen, R F ^c   Kassab, G S ^a,b  

^a Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Nitrite; Stiffness; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RIGIDITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; SMOKING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751188319     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00376.2006     Document Type: Article

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