Aging modulates the influence of arginase on endothelial dysfunction in obesity

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 2474-2483

  Masi, Stefano ^b,c,d   Colucci, Rocchina ^e   Duranti, Emiliano ^b   Nannipieri, Monica ^b   Anselmino, Marco ^a   Ippolito, Chiara ^b   Tirotta, Erika ^b   Georgiopoulos, Georgios ^f   Garelli, Francesca ^e   Nericcio, Anna ^e   Segnani, Cristina ^b   Bernardini, Nunzia ^b   Blandizzi, Corrado ^b   Taddei, Stefano ^b   Virdis, Agostino ^b  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Arginase; Endothelial function; Microvascular; Obesity; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGINASE; ARGINASE 1; ARGINASE II; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VASCULAR REMODELING; WESTERN BLOTTING; AGE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ARGINASE; ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NADPH OXIDASES; NITRIC OXIDE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUPEROXIDES; VASCULAR REMODELING; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85055608829     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.118.311074     Document Type: Article

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