Increased leukocyte rho kinase (ROCK) activity and endothelial dysfunction in cigarette smokers

Hypertension Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 354-359

  Hidaka, Takayuki ^a   Hata, Takaki ^a   Soga, Junko ^a   Fujii, Yuichi ^a   Idei, Naomi ^a   Fujimura, Noritaka ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a   Noma, Kensuke ^a   Liao, James K ^b   Higashi, Yukihito ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Rho associated kinase; Smoker

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE 1; RHO KINASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SMOKING; VASODILATION;

EID: 77950508714     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.3     Document Type: Article

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