Sepiapterin reverses the changes in gastric nNOS dimerization and function in diabetic gastroparesis

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Gangula, P R R ^a   Mukhopadhyay, S ^a   Pasricha, P J ^b   Ravella, K ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Female rat; Gastroparesis; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase dimerization; Nitrergic relaxation; Sepiapterin; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; METHOTREXATE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEPIAPTERIN; STREPTOZOCIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PYLORUS; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH PARESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROPARESIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PTERINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STOMACH;

EID: 78349246757     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01588.x     Document Type: Article

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