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The emerging biology of the nitrite anion. Nat Chem Biol 2005 Nov;1(6):308-14

Date

01/13/2006

Pubmed ID

16408064

DOI

10.1038/nchembio1105-308

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-33644777197 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   540 Citations

Abstract

Nitrite has now been proposed to play an important physiological role in signaling, blood flow regulation and hypoxic nitric oxide homeostasis. A recent two-day symposium at the US National Institutes of Health highlighted recent advances in the understanding of nitrite biochemistry, physiology and therapeutics.

Author List

Gladwin MT, Schechter AN, Kim-Shapiro DB, Patel RP, Hogg N, Shiva S, Cannon RO 3rd, Kelm M, Wink DA, Espey MG, Oldfield EH, Pluta RM, Freeman BA, Lancaster JR Jr, Feelisch M, Lundberg JO

Author

Neil Hogg PhD Sr Associate Dean, Professor in the Biophysics department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Cytoprotection
Erythrocytes
Humans
Nitric Oxide
Nitric Oxide Synthase
Nitrites
Nitrogen
Signal Transduction