Insulin Resistance, Hyperlipidemia, and Hypertension in Mice Lacking Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase
Author(s) -
Hervé Duplain,
Rémy Burcelin,
Cláudio Sartori,
Stéphane Cook,
Marc Egli,
Mattia Lepori,
Péter Vollenweider,
Thierry Pedrazzini,
Pascal Nicod,
Bernard Thorens,
Urs Scherrer
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.104.3.342
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperlipidemia , insulin resistance , nitric oxide synthase , nitric oxide , endothelial nitric oxide synthase , endocrinology , insulin , diabetes mellitus , enos
Insulin resistance and arterial hypertension are related, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is expressed in skeletal muscle, where it may govern metabolic processes, and in the vascular endothelium, where it regulates arterial pressure.
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