Pravastatin activates platelet nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and NOS activation is accompanied by serine phosphorylation

Chin Med J (Engl). 2005 Oct 5;118(19):1654-7.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Blood Platelets / enzymology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / enzymology*
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase / metabolism*
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
  • Phosphorylation
  • Pravastatin / pharmacology*
  • Serine / metabolism*

Substances

  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Serine
  • NOS3 protein, human
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
  • Pravastatin