Mitochondrial arginase II constrains endothelial NOS-3 activity
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Mitochondrial arginase II constrains endothelial NOS-3 activity.
Emerging evidence supports the idea that arginase, expressed in the vascular endothelial cells of humans and other species, modulates endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase-3 (NOS-3) activity by regulating intracellular L-arginine bioavailability. Arginase II is thought to be expressed in the mitochondria of a variety of nonendothelial cells, whereas arginase I is known to be confined to the cy...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0363-6135,1522-1539
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00700.2007