Nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 4600-4614

  Matsubara, Keiichi ^a   Higaki, Takashi ^a   Matsubara, Yuko ^a   Nawa, Akihiro ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Inflammation; Nitric oxide; Preeclampsia; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE; ANTIOXIDANT;

ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOBLAST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; VASOCONSTRICTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84925846806     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms16034600     Document Type: Review

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