Dramatic increase of nitrite levels in hearts of anoxia-exposed crucian carp supporting a role in cardioprotection

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sandvik, Guro K ^a   Nilsson, Göran E ^a   Jensen, Frank B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anoxia reoxygenation; Cytoprotection; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; S nitrosothiols

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; S NITROSOTHIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CARP; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GILL; HEART; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; LIVER ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOXYGENATION; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARPS; FEMALE; GILLS; IRON; LIVER; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; NITROGEN OXIDES; S-NITROSOTHIOLS;

EID: 84857576701     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00538.2011     Document Type: Article

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