Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 374-387 , November 2009

O-GlcNAcylation: a novel post-translational mechanism to alter vascular cellular signaling in health and disease: focus on hypertension

  • Victor V. Lima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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  • Christiné S. Rigsby, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
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  • David M. Hardy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
    • Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • R. Clinton Webb, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
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  • Rita C. Tostes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Rita C Tostes, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 Fifteenth Street, CA-2095, Augusta, GA 30912-3000. Tel: 706-721-1866; fax: 706-721-7299.

Received 1 July 2009 ,Accepted 28 September 2009.

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 Supported by the National Institutes of Health and Cardiovascular Discovery Institute, EUA and CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior), Brazil.

PII: S1933-1711(09)00131-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2009.09.004

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 374-387 , November 2009

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