Spontaneous pulmonary emphysema in mice lacking all three nitric oxide synthase isoforms

Abstract The roles of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) derived from the entire NO synthases (NOSs) system have yet to be fully elucidated. We addressed this issue in mice in which all three NOS isoforms were deleted. Under basal conditions, the triple n/i/eNOSs−/− mice displayed significantly longer mea...

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Main Authors: Kaori Kato, Masato Tsutsui, Shingo Noguchi, Yukitoshi Iha, Keisuke Naito, Takaaki Ogoshi, Chinatsu Nishida, Masahiro Tahara, Hirotaka Yamashita, Ke-Yong Wang, Yumiko Toyohira, Nobuyuki Yanagihara, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Akihide Tanimoto, Kazuhiro Yatera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01453-6