1999
A vascular bed–specific pathway regulates cardiac expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase
Guillot P, Guan J, Liu L, Kuivenhoven J, Rosenberg R, Sessa W, Aird W. A vascular bed–specific pathway regulates cardiac expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1999, 103: 799-805. PMID: 10079100, PMCID: PMC408151, DOI: 10.1172/jci6017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndothelial nitric oxide synthase geneEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseMurine endothelial progenitor cellsGrowth factor antibodyNitric oxide synthase geneNitric oxide synthaseEndothelial progenitor cellsOxide synthase geneFactor antibodyOxide synthaseVascular bedResponse elementCardiac expressionTransgenic micePDGF-ABCardiac endotheliumEno expressionCardiac myocytesSkeletal muscleProgenitor cellsSkeletal myocytesEndotheliumMiceBrainBeta-galactosidase activityInduction of Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNA by Shear Stress Requires Intracellular Calcium and G-protein Signals and Is Modulated by PI 3 Kinase
Malek A, Jiang L, Lee I, Sessa W, Izumo S, Alper S. Induction of Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNA by Shear Stress Requires Intracellular Calcium and G-protein Signals and Is Modulated by PI 3 Kinase. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 1999, 254: 231-242. PMID: 9920763, DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9921.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNitric oxide synthase mRNAPTX-sensitive G proteinsENOS mRNA levelsENOS mRNABovine aortic endothelial cellsIntracellular calciumPertussis toxinMRNA upregulationEndothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) mRNAMRNA levelsEndothelin-1 mRNACalmodulin inhibitor WENOS gene promoterG proteinsSynthase mRNAAortic endothelial cellsTime-dependent increaseTyrosine kinase inhibitor herbimycin ACalcium entryBAPTA-AMInhibitor WEndothelial cellsTyrosine kinase activityMicrotubule integrityLaminar fluid shear stress
1996
Nitric oxide synthase induction with renal transplant rejection or infection
Smith S, Wheeler M, Zhang R, Weiss E, Lorber M, Sessa W, Weiss R. Nitric oxide synthase induction with renal transplant rejection or infection. Kidney International 1996, 50: 2088-2093. PMID: 8943494, DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary tract infectionRenal transplant patientsNitric oxide synthaseCyclic GMP levelsTransplant patientsTract infectionsNOS activityPost-renal transplantation patientsGMP levelsInducible nitric oxide synthaseNitric oxideRenal allograft rejectionRenal transplant rejectionNitric oxide synthase inductionInducible NOS (iNOS) mRNAUrine of patientsRenal transplantationTransplantation patientsAllograft rejectionTransplant rejectionInducible NOSOxide synthaseNOS mRNAPatientsSynthase induction