Angiotensin II-induced arterial thickening, fibrosis and stiffening involves elevated arginase function

A Bhatta, L Yao, HA Toque, A Shatanawi, Z Xu… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
… Increased arginase can also provide ornithine for synthesis of polyamines via ornithine …
that elevated arginase activity is involved in Ang II-induced arterial thickening, fibrosis, and …

Role of arginase in vessel wall remodeling

W Durante - Frontiers in immunology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
arginase promotes aberrant vascular remodeling in arterial injury… Arginase II drives arterial
thickening in PAH by stimulating … artery SMCs with IL-13 induces the expression of arginase II …

Obesity-induced vascular dysfunction and arterial stiffening requires endothelial cell arginase 1

A Bhatta, L Yao, Z Xu, HA Toque, J Chen… - Cardiovascular …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… promote vascular fibrosis and thickening, resulting in arterial stiffening. Arterial stiffening, an
… The importance of arginase in the regulation of vascular functions has become evident in a …

Arginase and vascular aging

L Santhanam, DW Christianson… - Journal of applied …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
… The central aorta dilates with age (52), while the arterial wall thickness increases even in
the absence of atherosclerotic disease (64) mainly as a result of intimal thickening (86). …

Diabetes-induced vascular dysfunction involves arginase I

MJ Romero, JA Iddings, DH Platt… - American Journal …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
arginase expression/activity contribute to vascular endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction. Here, we
examined the roles of the two arginase isoforms, arginase I … coronary arteries with arginase

Arginase inhibition restores NOS coupling and reverses endothelial dysfunction and vascular stiffness in old rats

JH Kim, LJ Bugaj, YJ Oh… - Journal of applied …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
… of arginase contributes to impaired endothelial function in aging. In this study, we demonstrate
that arginase … improves endothelial function and arterial compliance in aging vasculature. …

Arginase reciprocally regulates nitric oxide synthase activity and contributes to endothelial dysfunction in aging blood vessels

DE Berkowitz, R White, D Li, KM Minhas, A Cernetich… - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
arginase expression in endothelial cells and its role in modulating NOS activity, both
biochemically and functionally. With advancing age, expression and function of arginasearginase

Arginase: a multifaceted enzyme important in health and disease

RW Caldwell, PC Rodriguez, HA Toque… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
… , arginase-induced increases in polyamines and proline production can lead to thickening, …
expression and activity have also been implicated in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)…

Arginase: the emerging therapeutic target for vascular oxidative stress and inflammation

Z Yang, XF Ming - Frontiers in Immunology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
… In this review article, we will mainly discuss the role and mechanisms of the enzyme arginase
in … For example, eNOS expression in atherosclerotic arteries and arteries from diabetes …

Arginase: an old enzyme with new tricks

RB Caldwell, HA Toque, SP Narayanan… - Trends in …, 2015 - cell.com
function of the arginase–ornithine pathway can be damaging in other contexts. For example,
arginase… of polyamines and proline can lead to thickened, fibrotic, and stiff blood vessels …