2002
Potential Roles of Plasminogen Activator System in Coronary Vascular Remodeling Induced by Long-term Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition
Kaikita K, Schoenhard JA, Painter CA, Ripley RT, Brown NJ, Fogo AB, Vaughan DE. Potential Roles of Plasminogen Activator System in Coronary Vascular Remodeling Induced by Long-term Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition. Journal Of Molecular And Cellular Cardiology 2002, 34: 617-627. PMID: 12054849, DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2002.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystolic blood pressureNitric oxide synthase inhibitionOxide synthase inhibitionPerivascular fibrosisBlood pressurePAI-1 deficiencyCoronary perivascular fibrosisPlasminogen activator systemL-NAMENOS inhibitionSynthase inhibitionDeficient miceVascular pathologyLong-term nitric oxide synthase inhibitionNitro-L-arginine methyl esterL-NAME-induced hypertensionLong-term NOS inhibitionPlasma TGF-beta1 levelsPlasminogen activator inhibitor-1-deficient miceStructural vascular changesTGF-beta1 levelsLong-term treatmentTissue-type plasminogen activator-deficient miceWeek study periodActivator system
2001
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Deficiency Prevents Hypertension and Vascular Fibrosis in Response to Long-term Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition
Kaikita K, Fogo A, Ma L, Schoenhard J, Brown N, Vaughan D. Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Deficiency Prevents Hypertension and Vascular Fibrosis in Response to Long-term Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition. Circulation 2001, 104: 839-844. PMID: 11502712, DOI: 10.1161/hc3301.092803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlood PressureBody WeightCollagenCoronary VesselsEnzyme InhibitorsFibrosisHemodynamicsHypertensionHypertrophy, Left VentricularMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric Oxide SynthasePlasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerTimeConceptsPlasminogen activator inhibitor-1Systolic blood pressureLong-term NOS inhibitionBlood pressurePAI-1 deficiencyNitric oxide synthaseCoronary perivascular fibrosisPerivascular fibrosisNOS inhibitionWT miceLong-term nitric oxide synthase inhibitionNitro-L-arginine methyl esterNitric oxide synthase inhibitionWild-type male miceControl WT miceStructural vascular changesOxide synthase inhibitionArteriosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseDevelopment of fibrosisPAI-1 activityNew therapeutic strategiesActivator inhibitor-1Cardiac type ILong-term inhibitionPrevents hypertension