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 SystemRegulation of endothelium-derived nitric oxide production by the protein kinase Akt
Fulton D, Gratton J, McCabe T, Fontana J, Fujio Y, Walsh K, Franke T, Papapetropoulos A, Sessa W. Regulation of endothelium-derived nitric oxide production by the protein kinase Akt. Nature 1999, 399: 597-601. PMID: 10376602, PMCID: PMC3637917, DOI: 10.1038/21218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein kinase AktKinase AktSerine/threonine protein kinase AktMutant eNOSRole of phosphorylationEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseSerine 1179Akt substrateSignal transductionGene transferAktAdenovirus-mediated gene transferPhosphorylationGrowth factorVascular endothelial growth factorEndothelial cellsRegulationSynthase isoformsEndothelial growth factorNitric oxide productionTransductionVascular remodellingOxide productionIsoformsProduction