The potential role of the red blood cell in nitrite-dependent regulation of blood flow

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 507-515

  Patel, Rakesh P ^a   Hogg, Neil ^b   Kim Shapiro, Daniel B ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Red blood cell; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; POLYMERIZED HEMOGLOBIN; S NITROSOTHIOL;

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; NITRITES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 79551483455     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq323     Document Type: Review

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