Erythrocyte-dependent regulation of human skeletal muscle blood flow: Role of varied oxyhemoglobin and exercise on nitrite, S-nitrosohemoglobin, and ATP

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Dufour, Stéphane P ^a   Patel, Rakesh P ^b   Brandon, Angela ^b   Teng, Xinjun ^b   Pearson, James ^a   Barker, Horace ^c   Ali, Leena ^c   Yuen, Ada H Y ^d   Smolenski, Ryszard T ^d   González Alonso, José ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte signaling

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; S NITROSOTHIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEROXIA; HYPOXIA; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LIMB PERFUSION; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; ANOXIA; ERYTHROCYTES; EXERCISE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649754097     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00389.2010     Document Type: Article

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