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The role of vascular myoglobin in nitrite-mediated blood vessel relaxation

AIMS: This work investigates the role of myoglobin in mediating the vascular relaxation induced by nitrite. Nitrite, previously considered an inert by-product of nitric oxide metabolism, is now believed to play an important role in several areas of pharmacology and physiology. Myoglobin can act as a...

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Autores principales: Ormerod, Julian O.M., Ashrafian, Houman, Maher, Abdul R., Arif, Sayqa, Steeples, Violetta, Born, Gustav V.R., Egginton, Stuart, Feelisch, Martin, Watkins, Hugh, Frenneaux, Michael P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3028970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20889759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvq299