2024
Akt is a mediator of artery specification during zebrafish development
Zhou W, Ghersi J, Ristori E, Semanchik N, Prendergast A, Zhang R, Carneiro P, Baldissera G, Sessa W, Nicoli S. Akt is a mediator of artery specification during zebrafish development. Development 2024, 151: dev202727. PMID: 39101673, PMCID: PMC11441982, DOI: 10.1242/dev.202727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArterial specificationEndothelial cellsVascular endothelial growth factor ADorsal aortaEndothelial growth factor ASingle-cell RNA sequencing analysisGrowth factor AArtery endothelial cellsEmbryonic cardiovascular systemConstitutively active Akt1Ligand-independent activationActivation of NotchArteriovenous malformationsCongenital malformationsRNA sequencing analysisVEGF-AProtein kinase BUpstream of NotchSequence analysisCardiovascular developmentSpecific expressionAkt kinaseActive Akt1Zebrafish developmentCardiovascular system
1999
Molecular control of nitric oxide synthases in the cardiovascular system
Papapetropoulos A, Rudic R, Sessa W. Molecular control of nitric oxide synthases in the cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular Research 1999, 43: 509-520. PMID: 10690323, DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6363(99)00161-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlood PressureCardiovascular DiseasesCardiovascular SystemCentral Nervous SystemGene Expression RegulationHomeostasisHumansImmune SystemMiceMice, KnockoutNeovascularization, PathologicNitric OxideNitric Oxide SynthaseNitric Oxide Synthase Type INitric Oxide Synthase Type IINitric Oxide Synthase Type IIIRatsVasomotor System
1994
The Nitric Oxide Synthase Family of Proteins
Sessa W. The Nitric Oxide Synthase Family of Proteins. Journal Of Vascular Research 1994, 31: 131-143. PMID: 7511942, DOI: 10.1159/000159039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid OxidoreductasesAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsArginineCardiovascular SystemCloning, MolecularConsensus SequenceDNAGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHumansImmune SystemMolecular Sequence DataNervous SystemNitric OxideNitric Oxide SynthasePhosphorylationSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino AcidConceptsCytochrome P450 reductase domainNitric oxide synthaseP450 reductase domainNitric oxide synthase (NOS) familySynthase familyMammalian enzymeSeparate genesReductase domainMolecular biologyNovel familyIsoforms of NOSImportant familyNitric oxideProteinEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseEnzyme nitric oxide synthaseGuanidino nitrogenImportant bio-regulatory moleculeOxide synthaseFamilyL-arginineCardiovascular systemRecent advancesGenesEnzymology