Hyperoxia but not ambient pressure decreases tetrahydrobiopterin level without affecting the enzymatic capability of nitric oxide synthase in human endothelial cells

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1695-1704

  Fismen, Lise ^a,b   Eide, Torunn ^b   Hjelde, Astrid ^c   Svardal, Asbjørn M ^b   Djurhuus, Rune ^a  

^a Norwegian Underwater Intervention (NUI)   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diving; Endothelial cells; Glutathione; Heat shock protein 70; Nitric oxide synthase; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; BIOPTERIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; METABOLISM; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

BIOPTERIN; DECOMPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXYGEN;

EID: 84879245006     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-013-2595-x     Document Type: Article

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