Nitric oxide synthases: structure, function and inhibition

WK Alderton, CE Cooper, RG Knowles - Biochemical journal, 2001 - portlandpress.com
This review concentrates on advances in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) structure, function and
inhibition made in the last seven years, during which time substantial advances have been …

Endothelial function and dysfunction: testing and clinical relevance

JE Deanfield, JP Halcox, TJ Rabelink - Circulation, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
In normal vascular physiology, NO plays a key role to maintain the vascular wall in a
quiescent state by inhibition of inflammation, cellular proliferation, and thrombosis. This is in …

Guidelines for the ultrasound assessment of endothelial-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery: a report of the International Brachial Artery …

MC Corretti, TJ Anderson, EJ Benjamin… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - jacc.org
Endothelial function is thought to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of
atherosclerosis, hypertension and heart failure. In the 1990s, high-frequency …

Activation of nitric oxide synthase in endothelial cells by Akt-dependent phosphorylation

S Dimmeler, I Fleming, B Fisslthaler, C Hermann… - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
Nitric oxide (NO) produced by the endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) is a fundamental
determinant of cardiovascular homesotasis: it regulates systemic blood pressure, vascular …

Hemodynamic shear stress and the endothelium in cardiovascular pathophysiology

PF Davies - Nature clinical practice Cardiovascular medicine, 2009 - nature.com
Endothelium lining the cardiovascular system is highly sensitive to hemodynamic shear
stresses that act at the vessel luminal surface in the direction of blood flow. Physiological …

Regulation of endothelium-derived nitric oxide production by the protein kinase Akt

D Fulton, JP Gratton, TJ McCabe, J Fontana, Y Fujio… - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is the nitric oxide synthase isoform responsible for
maintaining systemic blood pressure, vascular remodelling and angiogenesis,,,. eNOS is …

Laminar shear stress: mechanisms by which endothelial cells transduce an atheroprotective force

O Traub, BC Berk - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular …, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
Mechanical forces are important modulators of cellular function in many tissues and are
particularly important in the cardiovascular system. The endothelium, by virtue of its unique …

Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase

I Fleming, R Busse - American Journal of Physiology …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
The endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), the expression of which is regulated by a
range of transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms, generates nitric oxide (NO) in …

[PDF][PDF] Cellular and molecular mechanisms of endothelial cell dysfunction.

DG Harrison - The Journal of clinical investigation, 1997 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The clinical relevance of the vascular L-arginine/nitric oxide (NO) 1 synthase system to
vascular biology lies in the oftrepeated observation that it is altered by a variety of …

[PDF][PDF] Nitric oxide synthases: which, where, how, and why?

T Michel, O Feron - The Journal of clinical investigation, 1997 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Although nitric oxide (NO) 1 may not modulate all cellular functions and may not be present
in all mammalian cells, the sheer volume of publications on the subject might lead one to …