Nitric oxide and oxidative stress in vascular disease

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 459, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 923-939

  Förstermann, Ulrich ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; AT1 receptor antagonists; Endothelial NO synthase; Polyphenols; Reactive oxygen species; Statins; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIOXIDANT; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEME OXYGENASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; THIOREDOXIN; XANTHINE OXIDASE; 5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ARGININE; BIOPTERIN; CALCIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N,N DIMETHYLARGININE; N,N-DIMETHYLARGININE; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SUPEROXIDE;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULITIS; VASOSPASM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARGININE; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; BIOPTERIN; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CATALASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MITOCHONDRIA; NADPH OXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; THIOREDOXINS; VASCULAR DISEASES; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 77955282773     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-010-0808-2     Document Type: Review

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