Mechanisms of aging-induced impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxation: Role of tetrahydrobiopterin

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 6 56-6, 2004, Pages

  Blackwell, Katherine A ^a   Sorenson, Joseph P ^a   Richardson, Darcy M ^a   Smith, Leslie A ^a   Suda, Osamu ^a   Nath, Karl ^a   Katusic, Zvonimir S ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Endothelial dysfunction; Nitric oxide; Rective oxygen species; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIETHYLAMMONIUM 1 (N,N DIETHYLAMINO)DIAZEN 1 IUM 1,2 DIOLATE; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE TETRAKIS(4 BENZOIC ACID)PORPHYRIN CHLORIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOPTERIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HYDRAZINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT; SUPEROXIDES; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 9344256749     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00248.2004     Document Type: Article

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