Reduced l-Arginine Transport and Nitric Oxide Synthesis in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells from Intrauterine Growth Restriction Pregnancies is Not Further Altered by Hypoxia

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 625-633

  Casanello, P ^a   Krause, B ^a   Torres, E ^a   Gallardo, V ^a,b   Gonzalez M ^a,b   Prieto, C ^a   Escudero, C ^a,c   Farias M ^a   Sobrevia, L ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Fetal; Growth restriction; Human; Hypoxia; l Arginine; Nitric oxide; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; CALPHOSTIN C; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; SERINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SNARE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UMBILICAL VEIN; UTERUS GROWTH; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANOXIA; ARGININE; CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; RNA, MESSENGER; UMBILICAL VEINS; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449091202     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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