Ascorbic acid and tetrahydrobiopterin potentiate the EDHF phenomenon by generating hydrogen peroxide

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-226

  Garry, Ambroise ^a   Edwards, David H ^a   Fallis, Ian F ^a   Jenkins, Robert L ^a   Griffith, Tudor M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin mimetic peptides; Gap junction; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ASCORBIC ACID; BUFFER; CALCIUM ION; CATALASE; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ADVENTITIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GAP JUNCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BIOPTERIN; CALCIUM; CATALASE; CONNEXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ILIAC ARTERY; INDOLES; MALE; OXIDANTS; PEPTIDES; RABBITS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 71549142865     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp235     Document Type: Article

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