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Endothelial NOS (eNOS), also known as Nitric oxide synthase 3 (NOS3) or constitutive NOS (cNOS), is a nitric oxide synthase, but also denotes the human gene encoding it.
It generates NO in blood vessels and is involved with regulating vascular function. A constitutive Ca2+ dependent NOS provides a basal release of NO. eNOS is associated with plasma membranes surrounding cells and the membranes of Golgi bodies within cells.
Some association between a polymorphism in the gene and late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Chinese have been reported.[1]
Reference
- ^ Binbin Wang, Sainan Tan, Ze Yang, Yan-Chen Xie, Jing Wang, Sirui Zhou, Shu Li, Chenguang Zheng and Xu Ma (February 2008). "Association Between Alzheimer’s Disease and the NOS3 gene Glu298Asp Polymorphism in Chinese". Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 34 (2).
Further reading
- de la Monte SM, Lu BX, Sohn YK, et al. (2000). "Aberrant expression of nitric oxide synthase III in Alzheimer's disease: relevance to cerebral vasculopathy and neurodegeneration.". Neurobiol. Aging 21 (2): 309–19. PMID 10867216.
- Shaul PW (2002). "Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase: location, location, location.". Annu. Rev. Physiol. 64: 749–74. doi:. PMID 11826287.
- Wu KK (2002). "Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity and gene expression.". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 962: 122–30. PMID 12076969.
- Alp NJ, Channon KM (2005). "Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by tetrahydrobiopterin in vascular disease.". Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 24 (3): 413–20. doi:. PMID 14656731.
- Tai SC, Robb GB, Marsden PA (2005). "Endothelial nitric oxide synthase: a new paradigm for gene regulation in the injured blood vessel.". Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 24 (3): 405–12. doi:. PMID 14656742.
- Kawashima S, Yokoyama M (2004). "Dysfunction of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and atherosclerosis.". Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 24 (6): 998–1005. doi:. PMID 15001455.
- Duda DG, Fukumura D, Jain RK (2004). "Role of eNOS in neovascularization: NO for endothelial progenitor cells.". Trends in molecular medicine 10 (4): 143–5. PMID 15162796.
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