2000
Estrogen Stimulates Heat Shock Protein 90 Binding to Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells EFFECTS ON CALCIUM SENSITIVITY AND NO RELEASE*
Russell K, Haynes M, Caulin-Glaser T, Rosneck J, Sessa W, Bender J. Estrogen Stimulates Heat Shock Protein 90 Binding to Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells EFFECTS ON CALCIUM SENSITIVITY AND NO RELEASE*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2000, 275: 5026-5030. PMID: 10671543, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.7.5026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseNitric oxide synthaseHuman umbilical vein endothelial cellsENOS activationOxide synthaseEstrogen receptor antagonist ICINO releaseEndothelium-dependent vasodilationReceptor-mediated modulationReceptor antagonist ICINitric oxide releaseUmbilical vein endothelial cellsVein endothelial cellsAntagonist ICIHeat shock protein 90CGMP productionShock protein 90Oxide releaseEndothelial cellsEndothelial cell effectsCalcium sensitivityCalcium dependenceCell effectsEstrogenProtein 90
1997
17 beta-estradiol regulation of human endothelial cell basal nitric oxide release, independent of cytosolic Ca2+ mobilization.
Caulin-Glaser T, García-Cardeña G, Sarrel P, Sessa W, Bender J. 17 beta-estradiol regulation of human endothelial cell basal nitric oxide release, independent of cytosolic Ca2+ mobilization. Circulation Research 1997, 81: 885-92. PMID: 9351464, DOI: 10.1161/01.res.81.5.885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman umbilical vein endothelial cellsEstrogen receptorCytosolic Ca2ENOS activityBasal nitric oxide releaseEndothelial NO synthase activityCardiovascular protective roleNO synthase activityDevelopment of atherosclerosisFemale human umbilical vein endothelial cellsNitric oxide releaseCritical effector moleculeUmbilical vein endothelial cellsVein endothelial cellsCardiovascular protectionEstradiol exposureAnimal modelsCGMP formationProtective roleOxide releaseEndothelial cellsNO releaseE2Physiological concentrationsEffector molecules
1996
Nitric oxide synthase induction with renal transplant rejection or infection
Smith S, Wheeler M, Zhang R, Weiss E, Lorber M, Sessa W, Weiss R. Nitric oxide synthase induction with renal transplant rejection or infection. Kidney International 1996, 50: 2088-2093. PMID: 8943494, DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary tract infectionRenal transplant patientsNitric oxide synthaseCyclic GMP levelsTransplant patientsTract infectionsNOS activityPost-renal transplantation patientsGMP levelsInducible nitric oxide synthaseNitric oxideRenal allograft rejectionRenal transplant rejectionNitric oxide synthase inductionInducible NOS (iNOS) mRNAUrine of patientsRenal transplantationTransplantation patientsAllograft rejectionTransplant rejectionInducible NOSOxide synthaseNOS mRNAPatientsSynthase inductionElevated blood pressures in mice lacking endothelial nitric oxide synthase
Shesely E, Maeda N, Kim H, Desai K, Krege J, Laubach V, Sherman P, Sessa W, Smithies O. Elevated blood pressures in mice lacking endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1996, 93: 13176-13181. PMID: 8917564, PMCID: PMC24066, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.23.13176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsBlood PressureCattleChimeraDNA PrimersEndothelium, VascularFemaleGenotypeHeterozygoteHypertensionIsoenzymesKidneyLipopolysaccharidesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNitric Oxide SynthasePolymerase Chain ReactionReninRNA, MessengerStem CellsTranscription, GeneticConceptsEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseBlood pressureNitric oxide synthaseHeart rateENOS proteinOxide synthaseENOS mutant miceLipopolysaccharide-induced deathElevated blood pressureNormal blood pressurePlasma renin concentrationBlood pressure regulationLower body weightKidney renin mRNAAnti-eNOS antibodiesAppropriate genetic controlsENOS locusENOS genotypesRenin concentrationVascular toneFemale miceRenin mRNAENOS geneENOS mutationBody weight
1992
High endothelin-1 immunoreactivity in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Murch SH, Braegger CP, MacDonald T, Sessa W. High endothelin-1 immunoreactivity in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The Lancet 1992, 339: 381-385. PMID: 1346658, DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(92)90077-g.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrohn's disease patientsInflammatory bowel diseaseDisease patientsUlcerative colitisCrohn's diseaseBowel diseaseEndothelin-1Lamina propriaChronic inflammatory bowel diseaseEndothelin-1 immunoreactivitySubmucosal blood vesselsUlcerative colitis patientsTissue samplesUlcerative colitis groupEndothelin concentrationsImmunological hypersensitivityIntestinal ischaemiaColitis groupColitis patientsEndothelin productionInflammatory cellsPotent vasoconstrictorVascular abnormalitiesDisease groupImmunoreactive cells