2000
Simvastatin upregulates coronary vascular endothelial nitric oxide production in conscious dogs
Mital S, Zhang X, Zhao G, Bernstein R, Smith C, Fulton D, Sessa W, Liao J, Hintze T. Simvastatin upregulates coronary vascular endothelial nitric oxide production in conscious dogs. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2000, 279: h2649-h2657. PMID: 11087217, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.279.6.h2649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcetylcholineAdenosineAnimalsAnticholesteremic AgentsConsciousnessCoronary CirculationDogsEndothelium, VascularEnzyme InhibitorsGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHeart RateIn Vitro TechniquesMicrocirculationMyocardiumNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxideNitric Oxide SynthaseNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIINitritesNitroglycerinOxygen ConsumptionRNA, MessengerSimvastatinVasodilationVasodilator AgentsVeratrineConceptsEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseCoronary blood flowCoronary vasodilationConscious dogsSimvastatin administrationVascular endothelial nitric oxide productionVascular endothelial nitric oxide synthaseNO productionEndothelial nitric oxide productionEndothelium-independent vasodilatorCoronary vascular endotheliumShort-term administrationLipid-lowering effectsNitric oxide synthaseEndothelial NO productionMyocardial oxygen consumptionNitric oxide productionNO-dependent regulationPlasma nitrateGeneral anesthesiaENOS proteinCoronary microvesselsOxide synthaseMongrel dogsENOS mRNA
1996
Reduced Gene Expression of Vascular Endothelial NO Synthase and Cyclooxygenase-1 in Heart Failure
Smith C, Sun D, Hoegler C, Roth B, Zhang X, Zhao G, Xu X, Kobari Y, Pritchard K, Sessa W, Hintze T. Reduced Gene Expression of Vascular Endothelial NO Synthase and Cyclooxygenase-1 in Heart Failure. Circulation Research 1996, 78: 58-64. PMID: 8603506, DOI: 10.1161/01.res.78.1.58.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureCyclooxygenase-1Von Willebrand factorPacing-induced heart failureVentricular end-diastolic pressureEndothelial cellsEndothelium-dependent responsesEnd-diastolic pressureLeft ventricular pacingPeripheral blood vesselsDiastolic pressureVentricular pacingThoracic aortaClinical signsMongrel dogsWestern blottingBlood vesselsWillebrand factorArbitrary unitsEcNOSTotal RNADogsPresent studyFailureCells