The phosphorylation state of eNOS modulates vascular reactivity and outcome of cerebral ischemia in vivo

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1961-1967

  Atochin, Dmitriy N ^a   Wang, Annie ^a   Liu, Victor W T ^a   Critchlow, Jeffrey D ^a   Dantas, Ana Paula V ^b   Looft Wilson, Robin ^c   Murata, Takahisa ^c   Salomone, Salvatore ^a   Hwa, Kyoung Shin ^a   Ayata, Cenk ^a   Moskowitz, Michael A ^a   Michel, Thomas ^b   Sessa, William C ^c   Huang, Paul L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; S1179A ENZYME; S1179D ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; VASODILATATION;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PHOSPHORYLATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SERINE;

EID: 34447116875     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI29877     Document Type: Article

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