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NITRIC OXIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A poisonous red-brown gas (NO)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nitric oxide" is a kind of...):
gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)
Context examples:
Nitric oxide is endothelium-derived relaxing factor.
(Nitric Oxide, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
This allele, which encodes guanylate cyclase soluble subunit alpha-2 protein, is involved in cyclic GMP biosynthesis and nitric oxide binding.
(GUCY1A2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Nitric oxide synthase, brain (1434 aa, ~161 kDa) is encoded by the human NOS1 gene.
(Nitric Oxide Synthase, Brain, NCI Thesaurus)
Nitric oxide is an important intercellular signaling molecule and inhibition of nitric oxide synthase effects many wide-ranging body processes and systems.
(Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)
Sepsis leads to the formation of numerous pro-inflammatory molecules, such as inducible NO synthase, which produces large amounts of nitric oxide.
(New study sheds fresh light on the genetic mechanisms involved in sepsis, the leading cause of death in ICUs, University of Granada)
A closer look revealed a reduction in the function of the enzyme eNOS that is responsible for producing nitric oxide (NO), a potent signal for blood vessels to dilate.
(Hold the salt: gut reaction may impair the brains of mice, National Institutes of Health)
Nitric oxide synthase, endothelial (1203 aa, ~133 kDa) is encoded by the human NOS3 gene.
(Nitric Oxide Synthase, Endothelial, NCI Thesaurus)
Primarily in phagocytes, nitric oxide production is inhibited by transforming growth factor-beta, interleukin-4 and interleukin-10.
(Negative Regulation of Nitric Oxide Release, NCI Thesaurus)
Ca2+ entry via receptor-activated cation channels (RACC) and/or store-operated or capacitative (SOC) elevates [Ca2+]i and stimulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS).
(Ion Channels in Vascular Endothelium Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This allele, which encodes murine retrovirus integration site 1 homolog protein, plays a role in the regulation of both nitric oxide signaling and calcium release.
(MRVI1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
