Vascular and renal function in experimental thyroid disorders

F Vargas, JM Moreno… - European Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
This review focuses on the effects of thyroid hormones in vascular and renal systems.
Special emphasis is given to the mechanisms by which thyroid hormones affect the …

Nitric oxide: a key mediator in the early and late phase of carrageenan‐induced rat paw inflammation

D Salvemini, ZQ Wang, PS Wyatt… - British journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
1 The role of nitric oxide (NO) derived from constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthase
(cNOS and iNOS) and its relationship to oxygen‐derived free radicals and prostaglandins …

Selective pharmacological inhibition of distinct nitric oxide synthase isoforms

GJ Southan, C Szabó - Biochemical pharmacology, 1996 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) is produced in physiological and pathophysiological conditions by three
distinct isoforms of NO synthase (NOS): endothelial NOS (ecNOS), inducible NOS (iNOS) …

Nitric oxide: ocular blood flow, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy

N Toda, M Nakanishi-Toda - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2007 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) is widely recognized to be quite an important intercellular messenger in the
cardiovascular and nervous systems or immunological reactions, including that in the eye …

Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase ameliorates cerebral ischemic damage

C Iadecola, F Zhang, X Xu - American Journal of …, 1995 - journals.physiology.org
We sought to determine whether expression of the inducible, calcium-independent isoform
of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) contributes to the tissue damage produced by focal cerebral …

The intestinal anti‐inflammatory effect of quercitrin is associated with an inhibition in iNOS expression

D Camuesco, M Comalada… - British journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Quercitrin, 3‐rhamnosylquercetin, is a bioflavonoid with antioxidant properties, which exerts
anti‐inflammatory activity in experimental colitis. In the present study, different in vivo …

The possible role of glia in nociceptive processing and hyperalgesia in the spinal cord of the rat

ST Meller, C Dykstra, D Grzybycki, S Murphy… - …, 1994 - Elsevier
Recent studies have suggested that glia might play a more active role in synaptic function
than previously thought. Therefore, the present studies have evaluated the potential role of …

p53 and vascular endothelial growth factor regulate tumor growth of NOS2-expressing human carcinoma cells

S Ambs, WG Merriam, MO Ogunfusika, WP Bennett… - Nature medicine, 1998 - nature.com
The finding of frequent nitric oxide synthase expression in human cancers indicates that
nitric oxide has a pathophysiological role in carcinogenesis. To determine the role of nitric …

[PDF][PDF] Role of nitric oxide in acetaminophen‐induced hepatotoxicity in the rat

CR Gardner, DE Heck, CS Yang, PE Thomas… - …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Acetaminophen is a mild analgesic and antipyretic agent known to cause centrilobular
hepatic necrosis at toxic doses. Although this may be due to a direct interaction of reactive …

The protective effect of late preconditioning against myocardial stunning in conscious rabbits is mediated by nitric oxide synthase: evidence that nitric oxide acts both …

R Bolli, S Manchikalapudi, XL Tang, H Takano… - Circulation …, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
Seventy-four conscious rabbits undergoing a sequence of six 4-minute coronary occlusion/4-
minute reperfusion cycles for 3 consecutive days (days 1, 2, and 3) were assigned to nine …