Role of the arginine-nitric oxide pathway in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 20, 2001

Authors

L J Ignarro1, G M Buga, L H Wei, P M Bauer, G Wu, P del Soldato

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Center for the Health Sciences, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. lignarro@mednet.ucla.edu

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