Nitrite reduction to nitric oxide in the vasculature

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 Aug;295(2):H477-8. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00611.2008. Epub 2008 Jun 27.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aorta, Thoracic / enzymology
  • Aorta, Thoracic / metabolism*
  • Guanylate Cyclase / metabolism
  • Hemeproteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism*
  • Nitrites / metabolism*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase
  • Vasodilation*

Substances

  • Hemeproteins
  • Nitrites
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Guanylate Cyclase
  • Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase