Nitrite as regulator of hypoxic signaling in mammalian physiology

Medicinal Research Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 683-741

  Van Faassen, Ernst E ^a   Bahrami, Soheyl ^b   Feelisch, Martin ^c   Hogg, Neil ^d   Kelm, Malte ^e   Kim Shapiro, Daniel B ^f   Kozlov, Andrey V ^b   Li, Haitao ^g   Lundberg, Jon O ^h   Mason, Ron ⁱ   Nohl, Hans ^j   Rassaf, Tienush ^e   Samouilov, Alexandre ^g   Slama Schwok, Anny ^k   Shiva, Sruti ^l   Vanin, Anatoly F ^m   Weitzberg, Eddie ^h   Zweier, Jay ^g   Gladwin, Mark T ⁿ  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d FREE RADICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^f WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^k INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^m SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Hypoxia; Ischemia reperfusion; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; MYOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL PROTECTION; CYANIDE POISONING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME RELEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HYPOXIA; MAMMAL; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH ULCER; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; HUMANS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; RATS; REPERFUSION INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 67650715561     PISSN: 01986325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/med.20151     Document Type: Review

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