1999
Codistribution of NOS and caveolin throughout peripheral vasculature and skeletal muscle of hamsters
Segal S, Brett S, Sessa W. Codistribution of NOS and caveolin throughout peripheral vasculature and skeletal muscle of hamsters. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 277: h1167-h1177. PMID: 10484439, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.3.h1167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaveolin-3Caveolin-1Skeletal muscleCaveolin isoformsCoat proteinCaveolinFunctional interactionIntact organismEnzyme isoformsNitric oxide synthase activitySmooth muscle cellsMuscle fibersOxide synthase activityVascular smooth muscleSynthase activitySkeletal muscle fibersMuscle cellsIsoformsCell systemSystemic vasculatureVena cavaFemoral arteryAbdominal aortaPeripheral vasculatureEndothelial cells
1989
Manipulation of cytochrome P-450 dependent renal thromboxane synthase activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats
Sessa W, Abraham N, Escalante B, Schwartzman M. Manipulation of cytochrome P-450 dependent renal thromboxane synthase activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Journal Of Hypertension 1989, 7: 37-42. PMID: 2708811, DOI: 10.1097/00004872-198901000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeme oxygenase activityThromboxane synthase activityHypertensive ratsRenal heme oxygenase activitySeven-week-old SHRRenal cortical microsomesSystolic blood pressureMicrosomal heme oxygenase activityRenal cytochrome PCytochrome PSynthase activityThromboxane A2 formationCortical microsomesBlood pressureOxygenase activityBody weightA2 formationHemoprotein synthesisConsecutive daysControl levelsThromboxane synthaseSHRRatsHeme contentHeme availability