2004
Relationship Between Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthetase Genotype and Systemic Vascular Function
Summar ML, Gainer JV, Pretorius M, Malave H, Harris S, Hall LD, Weisberg A, Vaughan DE, Christman BW, Brown NJ. Relationship Between Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthetase Genotype and Systemic Vascular Function. Hypertension 2004, 43: 186-191. PMID: 14718356, DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000112424.06921.52.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForearm blood flowNitric oxide metabolite concentrationsNitric oxide metabolitesBlood flowOxide metabolitesNitric oxide-mediated vasodilationVascular smooth muscle reactivityAllele homozygotesTissue-type plasminogen activator antigenSystemic vascular functionSmooth muscle reactivityPlasminogen activator antigenC allele homozygotesNitric oxide productionMetabolite concentrationsVasodilator responseBrachial arteryMuscle reactivityVascular functionHealthy subjectsBlood samplesSodium nitroprussideC alleleOxide productionCarbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1
2001
Interactive Effect of Ethnicity and ACE Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism on Vascular Reactivity
Gainer JV, Stein CM, Neal T, Vaughan DE, Brown NJ. Interactive Effect of Ethnicity and ACE Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism on Vascular Reactivity. Hypertension 2001, 37: 46-51. PMID: 11208755, DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.37.1.46.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchACE insertion/deletion polymorphismGreater vasodilator responseVasodilator responseACE D alleleSodium nitroprussideInsertion/deletion polymorphismVascular reactivityEndothelium-independent vasodilator sodium nitroprussideD allelePotent endothelium-dependent vasodilatorVascular smooth muscle reactivityACE I/D genotypeEffect of angiotensinForearm blood flowSmooth muscle reactivityEndothelium-dependent vasodilatorVasodilator sodium nitroprussideDeletion polymorphismTreatment of hypertensionACE gene locusVascular sensitivityNormotensive subjectsNormotensive blacksVenous plethysmographyBlood pressure