Paradoxical Reduction of Fatty Streak Formation in Mice Lacking Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase
- 30 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 105 (17) , 2078-2082
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000015853.59427.32
Abstract
Background— The endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) has been considered to exert an antiatherosclerotic role through synthesis of NO. However, eNOS has been shown to generate supero...Keywords
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