Copyright © 2004, European Society of Cardiology
Tetrahydrobiopterin and eNOS dimer/monomer ratio–a clue to eNOS uncoupling in diabetes?
Medizinische Klinik der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
* Corresponding author. Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 931 201 1; fax: +49 931 201 36302. Email address: j.bauersachs@medizin.uni-wuerzburg.de
Received 9 December 2004; accepted 21 December 2004
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See article by Cai et al. [14] (pages 823–831) in this issue.
Nitric oxide (NO) generated by the endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) critically determines vascular tone as well as vascular wall homeostasis [1]. Reduced NO bioavailability, which is associated with an increase in the formation of reactive oxygen species within the vascular wall, is the key determinant of endothelial dysfunction. The paradoxical finding of
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