Critical Role of Exogenous Nitric Oxide in ROCK Activity in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

• Tatsuya Maruhashi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuya Maruhashi, Kensuke Noma

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Kensuke Noma ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuya Maruhashi, Kensuke Noma

  Affiliation Department of Regeneration and Medicine, Research Center for Radiation Genome Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine (RIRBM), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Yumiko Iwamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Akimichi Iwamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Nozomu Oda,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Masato Kajikawa,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Takeshi Matsumoto,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Takayuki Hidaka,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Yasuki Kihara,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Kazuaki Chayama,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Ayumu Nakashima,

  Affiliation Department of Regeneration and Medicine, Medical Center for Translational and Clinical Research, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Chikara Goto,

  Affiliation Department of Integrated Rehabilitation, Hiroshima International University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• James K. Liao,

  Affiliation Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Yukihito Higashi

  * E-mail: yhigashi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Regeneration and Medicine, Research Center for Radiation Genome Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine (RIRBM), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Regeneration and Medicine, Medical Center for Translational and Clinical Research, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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