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Quantification of eNOS mRNA in the canine cardiac vasculature by competitive PCR
Fulton D, Papapetropoulos A, Zhang X, Catravas J, Hintze T, Sessa W. Quantification of eNOS mRNA in the canine cardiac vasculature by competitive PCR. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2000, 278: h658-h665. PMID: 10666099, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.2.h658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsENOS mRNACoronary arteryCoronary microvesselsLeft ventricleENOS cDNAEndothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) mRNANitric oxide synthase mRNAEndothelial cellsCanine aortic endothelial cellsRight coronary arteryENOS mRNA levelsEndothelial cell markersCompetitive PCRAortic endothelial cellsVon Willebrand factorVein endothelial cellsInducible NOSNeuronal NOSCanine vasculatureLarge arteriesCanine Left VentricleCell markersPathophysiological statesArteryCardiac vasculature
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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