Title : Blockade of geranylgeranylation by rosuvastatin upregulates eNOS expression in human venous endothelial cells.

Pub. Date : 2005 Nov 4

PMID : 16165089






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1 Blockade of geranylgeranylation by rosuvastatin upregulates eNOS expression in human venous endothelial cells. Rosuvastatin Calcium nitric oxide synthase 3 Homo sapiens
2 In a concentration-dependent manner, rosuvastatin upregulated eNOS mRNA and protein expression. Rosuvastatin Calcium nitric oxide synthase 3 Homo sapiens
3 The effects on eNOS expression mediated through rosuvastatin could be reversed by treatment with mevalonate indicating inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase as the underlying mechanism. Rosuvastatin Calcium nitric oxide synthase 3 Homo sapiens
4 Treatment with geranylgeranylpyrophosphate, but not farnesylpyrophosphate, reversed the increase of eNOS expression induced by rosuvastatin. Rosuvastatin Calcium nitric oxide synthase 3 Homo sapiens