Nitric oxide and biopterin: a study in Chiaroscuro.

doi:10.1172/JCI117176

J Clin Invest. 1994 May; 93(5): 1875–1876.

doi: 10.1172/JCI117176.

PMCID: PMC294292

Nitric oxide and biopterin: a study in Chiaroscuro.

C Nathan

See the article "Regulation of nitric oxide synthesis by proinflammatory cytokines in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Elevations in tetrahydrobiopterin levels enhance endothelial nitric oxide synthase specific activity." on page 2236.

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