The dual roles of red blood cells in tissue oxygen delivery: Oxygen carriers and regulators of local blood flow

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3387-3393

  Jensen, Frank B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ATP; Blood flow regulation; Erythrocyte; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; OXYGEN; S NITROSOHEMOGLOBIN; S-NITROSOHEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; ERYTHROCYTE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE TONE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASODILATATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ERYTHROCYTES; EVOLUTION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE TONUS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350212737     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.023697     Document Type: Review

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