title: The emerging biology of the nitrite anion.
abstract: Nitrite has now been proposed to play an important physiological role in signaling, blood flow regulation and hypoxic nitric oxide homeostasis. A recent two-day symposium at the US National Institutes of Health highlighted recent advances in the understanding of nitrite biochemistry, physiology and therapeutics.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. mgladwin@nih.gov
authors.forename: Mark T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Gladwin
authors.forename: Alan N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Schechter
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kim-Shapiro
authors.forename: Rakesh P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hogg
authors.forename: Sruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiva
authors.forename: Richard O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: Malte
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kelm
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wink
authors.forename: Michael Graham
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Espey
authors.forename: Edward H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Oldfield
authors.forename: Ryszard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pluta
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Jack R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feelisch
authors.forename: Jon O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Lundberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019610:Cytoprotection; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D009573:Nitrites; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D009584:Nitrogen