1999
Codistribution of NOS and caveolin throughout peripheral vasculature and skeletal muscle of hamsters
Segal S, Brett S, Sessa W. Codistribution of NOS and caveolin throughout peripheral vasculature and skeletal muscle of hamsters. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 277: h1167-h1177. PMID: 10484439, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.3.h1167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaveolin-3Caveolin-1Skeletal muscleCaveolin isoformsCoat proteinCaveolinFunctional interactionIntact organismEnzyme isoformsNitric oxide synthase activitySmooth muscle cellsMuscle fibersOxide synthase activityVascular smooth muscleSynthase activitySkeletal muscle fibersMuscle cellsIsoformsCell systemSystemic vasculatureVena cavaFemoral arteryAbdominal aortaPeripheral vasculatureEndothelial cellsRegulation 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
1997
Regulation of the NOS Gene Family
Papapetropoulos A, Sessa W. Regulation of the NOS Gene Family. 1997, 66-85. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-6039-5_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMammalian cell biologyBasic cellular processesFive-electron oxidationNOS gene familyNitric oxide synthase (NOS) familyMammalian genomesSynthase familyGene familyCellular processesMolecular regulationDistinct genesCell biologyLower speciesRecent discoveryGenesNOS isoformsIsoformsRegulationNitric oxideComplex functionsGenomeRecent advancesExcellent reviewsFamilyBiology