Adenoviral-mediated overexpression of DDAH improves vascular tone regulation

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-213

  Torondel, Belen ^a   Nandi, Manasi ^a   Kelly, Peter ^a   Wojciak Stothard, Beata ^a   Fleming, Ingrid ^a   Leiper, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Endothelial cells; Endothelium; Gene therapy; Mice; Nitric oxide; Transgenic; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLARGININASE; DIMETHYLARGININASE 1; DIMETHYLARGININASE 2; METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL STRAIN HUVEC; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VASODILATATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NITRIC OXIDE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; UMBILICAL VEINS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 77952569677     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X09360264     Document Type: Article

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