Chapter 11. Caveolae and the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase

  1. Prof. Dr. Christopher J. Fielding2,3
  1. Olivier Feron

Published Online: 6 JUN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/3527608079.ch11

Book Title

Lipid Rafts and Caveolae: From Membrane Biophysics to Cell Biology

Lipid Rafts and Caveolae: From Membrane Biophysics to Cell Biology

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How to Cite

Feron, O. (2006) Caveolae and the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase, in Lipid Rafts and Caveolae: From Membrane Biophysics to Cell Biology (ed C. J. Fielding), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG. doi: 10.1002/3527608079.ch11

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

  2. 3

    Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

Author Information

  1. University of Louvain Medical School, Unit of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, UCL-FATH 5349, 53 Avenue E. Mounier, 1200 Brussels, Belgium

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 6 JUN 2006
  2. Published Print: 9 JAN 2006

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527312610

Online ISBN: 9783527608072

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Keywords:

  • caveolae and the endothelial nitric oxide synthase;
  • caveolin;
  • caveolin-eNOS regulatory cycle;
  • lipoproteins and caveolin-eNOS interaction;
  • angiogenesis and caveolin-eNOS interaction;
  • caveolin-3-eNOS interaction in cardiac myocytes

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Caveolin: A Scaffold for eNOS

  • The Caveolin-eNOS Regulatory Cycle

  • Lipoproteins and Caveolin-eNOS Interaction

  • Angiogenesis and Caveolin-eNOS Interaction

  • Vasodilation, Endothelial Permeability and Caveolin-eNOS Interaction

  • Caveolin-3-eNOS Interaction in Cardiac Myocytes

  • Conclusions

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