2010
Increased blood flow induces oxidative stress through an endothelium- and nitric oxide-independent mechanism
Fong P, Stafforini DM, Brown NJ, Pretorius M. Increased blood flow induces oxidative stress through an endothelium- and nitric oxide-independent mechanism. Free Radical Biology And Medicine 2010, 49: 301-305. PMID: 20423727, PMCID: PMC2916026, DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.04.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForearm blood flowHypertensive subjectsL-NMMAIsoprostane releaseBlood flowOxidative stressBasal forearm blood flowNitric oxide-independent mechanismEndothelium-independent mechanismNO synthase inhibitorEffect of bradykininMonomethyl-L-arginineIntraarterial bradykininPotent vasodilatorSynthase inhibitionSynthase inhibitorBradykininNitric oxideDependent mechanismReactive oxygen speciesHuman vasculatureSignificant increaseNitroprussideSubjectsOxygen species
1999
Bradykinin Stimulates Tissue Plasminogen Activator Release in Human Vasculature
Brown N, Gainer J, Stein C, Vaughan D. Bradykinin Stimulates Tissue Plasminogen Activator Release in Human Vasculature. Hypertension 1999, 33: 1431-1435. PMID: 10373228, DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.33.6.1431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForearm blood flowPlasminogen activator inhibitor antigenTissue plasminogen activator releaseDose-dependent increasePlasminogen activator releaseTPA releaseInhibitor antigenBlood flowActivator releaseMean arterial pressureStrain-gauge plethysmographyHuman vasculatureInfused armNormotensive volunteersArterial pressureVasodilator nitroprussidePlasma levelsTPA antigenHeart rateSystemic effectsSodium nitroprussideAcetylcholineBradykininNitroprussideRandom order