Sulfur dioxide upregulates the aortic nitric oxide pathway in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 645, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Li, Junling ^a,b   Li, Ruijin ^b   Meng, Ziqiang ^b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute exposure; CGMP (3 ,5 cyclic guanosine monophosphate); Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Prolonged exposure; Sulfur dioxide; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CYCLIC GMP; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 77956183957     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.07.034     Document Type: Article

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