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European Heart Journal 2003 24(21):1901-1902; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2003.08.010
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Editorial

When the endothelium cannot say ‘NO’ anymore

ADMA, an endogenous inhibitor of NO synthase, promotes cardiovascular disease

Rainer H Böger*

Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Center of Experimental Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

* Correspondence to: +49 42803 9759; fax: +49 42803 9757
E-mail address: boeger@uke.uni-hamburg.de

Received 19 August 2003; accepted 28 August 2003

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See doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2003.08.013 for the article to which this editorial refers

The endothelium is one of the biggest organ systems in our body. This is not so apparent on first view, as it is spread throughout the body mostly in tiny arterioles and capillaries. If you should be asked to define the endothelium's ‘personality’, you would certainly come to the notion that this organ is characterized by a negative attitude: If vasoconstrictors attempt to constrict our arteries, the endothelium says ‘NO’; if platelets tend to adhere to the vessel wall, the endothelium says NO’; if monocytes try to invade the vascular wall by penetrating the endothelial lining, the endothelium says ‘NO’ again; finally, if oxygen radicals sound the charge against the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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