Nitric oxide, vasodilation and the red blood cell

Biorheology

Volumn 51, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 121-134

  Simmonds, Michael J ^a   Detterich, Jon A ^b   Connes, Philippe ^c,d,e  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^e Laboratory of Excellence GR Ex 'The Red Cell: from Genesis to Death' PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte; nitric oxide synthase; nitrite; vascular function

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN; S NITROSOHEMOGLOBIN; S NITROSOTHIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; BLOOD PH; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEOXYGENATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NITROSYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; VASODILATION;

EID: 84921421531     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: 18785034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BIR-140653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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