Polyaspartoyl·L-arginine enhances prostacyclin synthesis in rat aortic endothelial cells

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 601, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 124-128

  Tang, Zhiyu ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   Liu, Xiaoyan ^a   Wang, Yinye ^a   Peng, Shiqi ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Polyaspartoyl L arginine; Prostacyclin; Rat aortic endothelial cells

Indexed keywords

6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; DRUG VEHICLE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POLYASPARTOYLARGININE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOCHROME P450; ISOMERASE; PEPTIDE; POLYASPARTOYL L ARGININE; POLYASPARTOYL-L-ARGININE; PROSTACYCLIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUOROMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VASODILATATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; AORTA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPOPROSTENOL; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPTIDES; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 56949103779     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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