Tetrahydrobiopterin prevents platelet-activating factor–induced intestinal hypoperfusion and necrosis: Role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase - Concepedia

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Tetrahydrobiopterin prevents platelet-activating factor–induced intestinal hypoperfusion and necrosis: Role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase

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2005

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Xiao‐Wu Qu, Larry G. Thaete, Ranna A. Rozenfeld, Zhu Yaqin, Isabelle G. De Plaen, Michael S. Caplan, Wei Hsueh

Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

We conclude that nNOS selectively regulates intestinal perfusion. Tetrahydrobiopterin prevents PAF-induced intestinal injury, probably by stabilizing nNOS and maintaining intestinal perfusion.

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