Hyperuricemia attenuates aortic nitric oxide generation, through inhibition of arginine transport, in rats

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-260

  Schwartz, Idit F ^a   Grupper, Ayelet ^a   Chernichovski, Tamara ^a   Grupper, Avishai ^a   Hillel, Oren ^a   Engel, Anat ^a   Schwartz, Doron ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arginine; Atherosclerosis; Endothelial dysfunction; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARGININE; BENZBROMARONE; CARBACHOL; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OXONIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALLOPURINOL; ANIMALS; AORTA; ARGININE; BENZBROMARONE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXONIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TYROSINE; URIC ACID; URICOSURIC AGENTS;

EID: 78449239801     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320356     Document Type: Article

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