Nitric oxide synthase-3 deficiency results in hypoplastic coronary arteries and postnatal myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 920-931

  Liu, Yin ^a   Lu, Xiangru ^b   Xiang, Fu Li ^a   Poelmann, Robert E ^c   Gittenberger De Groot, Adriana C ^d   Robbins, Jeffrey ^e   Feng, Qingping ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Department of Anatomy and Embryology ^*  (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Coronary artery development; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY HYPOPLASIA; DENSITY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FETUS; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ANIMAL; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DEFICIENCY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; NEWBORN; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84898888747     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs306     Document Type: Article

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