Selective Endothelial Overexpression of Arginase II Induces Endothelial Dysfunction and Hypertension and Enhances Atherosclerosis in Mice

• Boris L. Vaisman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Boris L. Vaisman, Karen L. Andrews, Sacha M. L. Khong

  Affiliation Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Karen L. Andrews ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Boris L. Vaisman, Karen L. Andrews, Sacha M. L. Khong

  * E-mail: karen.andrews@bakeridi.edu.au

  Affiliation Vascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Sacha M. L. Khong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Boris L. Vaisman, Karen L. Andrews, Sacha M. L. Khong

  Affiliation Vascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Katherine C. Wood,

  Affiliation Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Xiao L. Moore,

  Affiliation Vascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Yi Fu,

  Affiliation Vascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Diane M. Kepka-Lenhart,

  Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Sidney M. Morris Jr,

  Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Alan T. Remaley ,

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jaye P. F. Chin-Dusting

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Vascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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