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G. Buga

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h-index: 38
Works: 62
Citations: 12K

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Endothelium-derived relaxing factor produced and released from artery and vein is nitric oxide.
L. Ignarro, G. Buga, K. S. Wood, R. Byrns +1 more
1987Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America5,099 citations Open access
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Endothelium‐Derived Relaxing Factor From Pulmonary Artery and Vein Possesses Pharmacologic and Chemical Properties Identical to Those of Nitric Oxide Radical
L. Ignarro, R. Byrns, G. Buga, K. S. Wood
1987Circulation Research1,195 citations Open access
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Nitric oxide and cyclic GMP formation upon electrical field stimulation cause relaxation of corpus cavernosum smooth muscle.
L. Ignarro, Peggy A. Bush, G. Buga, K. S. Wood +2 more
1990Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC840 citations
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Shear Stress‐Induced Release of Nitric Oxide From Endothelial Cells Grown on Beads
G. Buga, M. Gold, J. Fukuto, L. Ignarro
1991HYPERTENSION519 citations Open access
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Negative feedback regulation of endothelial cell function by nitric oxide.
G. Buga, J. M. Griscavage, N. E. Rogers, L. Ignarro
1993Circulation Research395 citations Open access
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Role of the arginine-nitric oxide pathway in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation
L. Ignarro, G. Buga, Liu H. Wei, P. Bauer +2 more
2001Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America347 citations Open access
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Arginase activity in endothelial cells: inhibition by NG-hydroxy-L-arginine during high-output NO production.
G. Buga, Rajan Singh, S. Pervin, N. E. Rogers +4 more
1996American Journal of Physiology264 citations
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Pharmacological evidence that endothelium-derived relaxing factor is nitric oxide: use of pyrogallol and superoxide dismutase to study endothelium-dependent and nitric oxide-elicited vascular smooth muscle relaxation.
L. Ignarro, R. Byrns, G. Buga, K. S. Wood +1 more
1988Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics244 citations
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Nitric oxide is a potent relaxant of human and rabbit corpus cavernosum.
Peggy A. Bush, W. Aronson, G. Buga, J. Rajfer +1 more
1992Journal of Urology191 citations
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Vascular smooth muscle-derived relaxing factor (MDRF) and its close similarity to nitric oxide.
K. S. Wood, G. Buga, Russell E. Byrns, L. Ignarro
1990Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC186 citations
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Mechanisms of endothelium-dependent vascular smooth muscle relaxation elicited by bradykinin and VIP.
L. Ignarro, R. Byrns, G. Buga, K. S. Wood
1987American Journal of Physiology129 citations
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Nitric Oxide Inhibits Ornithine Decarboxylase viaS-Nitrosylation of Cysteine 360 in the Active Site of the Enzyme*
P. Bauer, G. Buga, J. Fukuto, A. Pegg +1 more
2001Journal of Biological Chemistry127 citations Open access
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Endothelium-derived nitric oxide relaxes nonvascular smooth muscle.
G. Buga, M. Gold, K. S. Wood, Gautam Chaudhuri +1 more
1989European Journal of Pharmacology106 citations
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Endothelium-derived relaxing factor and nitric oxide possess identical pharmacologic properties as relaxants of bovine arterial and venous smooth muscle.
L. Ignarro, G. Buga, R. Byrns, K. S. Wood +1 more
1988Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics99 citations
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Nebivolol: a selective beta(1)-adrenergic receptor antagonist that relaxes vascular smooth muscle by nitric oxide- and cyclic GMP-dependent mechanisms.
L. Ignarro, R. Byrns, Kim Trinh, Manisha Sisodia +1 more
2002Nitric oxide86 citations
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Differential Association of Hemoglobin with Proinflammatory High Density Lipoproteins in Atherogenic/Hyperlipidemic Mice
J. Watanabe, Katherine J. Chou, J. Liao, Y. Miao +12 more
2007Journal of Biological Chemistry82 citations Open access
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Characterization and actions of human umbilical endothelium derived relaxing factor
G. Chaudhuri, G. Buga, M. Gold, K. S. Wood +1 more
1991British Journal of Pharmacology81 citations Open access
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N G-hydroxy-l-arginine and nitric oxide inhibit Caco-2 tumor cell proliferation by distinct mechanisms.
G. Buga, Liu H. Wei, P. Bauer, J. Fukuto +1 more
1998American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology79 citations
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Basic Polyamino Acids Rich in Arginine, Lysine, or Ornithine Cause Both Enhancement of and Refractoriness to Formation of Endothelium‐Derived Nitric Oxide in Pulmonary Artery and Vein
L. Ignarro, M. Gold, G. Buga, R. Byrns +3 more
1989Circulation Research75 citations Open access
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Antagonistic modulatory roles of magnesium and calcium on release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor and smooth muscle tone.
M. Gold, G. Buga, K. S. Wood, Russell E. Byrns +2 more
1990Circulation Research74 citations Open access
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D-4F decreases brain arteriole inflammation and improves cognitive performance in LDL receptor-null mice on a Western diet Published, JLR Papers in Press, July 12, 2006.
G. Buga, J. Frank, G. Mottino, Michael Hendizadeh +7 more
2006Journal of Lipid Research70 citations Open access
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Role of p42/p44 mitogen-activated-protein kinase and p21waf1/cip1 in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by nitric oxide
P. Bauer, G. Buga, L. Ignarro
2001Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America70 citations Open access
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Nitric oxide inhibits ornithine decarboxylase by S-nitrosylation.
P. Bauer, J. Fukuto, G. Buga, A. Pegg +1 more
1999Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC68 citations
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NG-hydroxy-L-arginine and nitric oxide inhibit Caco-2 tumor cell proliferation by distinct mechanisms.
G. Buga, L.-H. Wei, P. Bauer, J. Fukuto +1 more
1998American Journal of Physiology68 citations
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L-arginine causes whereas L-argininosuccinic acid inhibits endothelium-dependent vascular smooth muscle relaxation.
M. Gold, K. S. Wood, G. Buga, Russell E. Byrns +1 more
1989Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC68 citations
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Transgenic 6F tomatoes act on the small intestine to prevent systemic inflammation and dyslipidemia caused by Western diet and intestinally derived lysophosphatidic acid[S]
M. Navab, G. Hough, G. Buga, Feng Su +15 more
2013Journal of Lipid Research67 citations Open access
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HAART drugs induce mitochondrial damage and intercellular gaps and gp 120 causes apoptosis
M. Fiala, Thomas J. Murphy, J. Macdougall, Wendy Yang +7 more
2007Cardiovascular Toxicology67 citations
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D-4F-mediated reduction in metabolites of arachidonic and linoleic acids in the small intestine is associated with decreased inflammation in low-density lipoprotein receptor-null mice[S]
Negar Aram, S. Reddy, G. Anantharamaiah, G. Hough +4 more
2012Journal of Lipid Research65 citations Open access
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High-Density Lipoprotein and 4F Peptide Reduce Systemic Inflammation by Modulating Intestinal Oxidized Lipid Metabolism
M. Navab, S. Reddy, B. V. van Lenten, G. Buga +3 more
2012Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology62 citations Open access
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D-4F reduces EO6 immunoreactivity, SREBP-1c mRNA levels, and renal inflammation in LDL receptor-null mice fed a Western diet Published, JLR Papers in Press, October 9, 2007.
G. Buga, J. Frank, G. Mottino, Ashkan Hakhamian +7 more
2008Journal of Lipid Research61 citations Open access
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NO is more important than PGI2 in maintaining low vascular tone in feto-placental vessels.
Gautam Chaudhuri, J. Cuevas, G. Buga, L. Ignarro
1993American Journal of Physiology54 citations
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Estrogen Receptor-Mediated Vascular Responsiveness to Nebivolol: A Novel Endothelium-Related Mechanism of Therapeutic Vasorelaxation
H. Garbán, G. Buga, L. Ignarro
2004Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology52 citations Open access
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L-arginine-dependent vascular smooth muscle relaxation and cGMP formation.
M. Gold, K. S. Wood, Russell E. Byrns, G. Buga +1 more
1990American Journal of Physiology47 citations
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EDRF generation and release from perfused bovine pulmonary artery and vein.
L. Ignarro, G. Buga, Gautam Chaudhuri
1988European Journal of Pharmacology46 citations
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Evidence that vasoactive intestinal polypeptide is a dilator transmitter to some cerebral and extracerebral cranial arteries.
J. Bevan, M. Moscowitz, S. Said, G. Buga
1984Peptides45 citations
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Nebivolol inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by mechanisms involving nitric oxide but not cyclic GMP.
L. Ignarro, Manisha Sisodia, Kim Trinh, S. Bedrood +3 more
2002Nitric oxide42 citations
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Nitric Oxide Improves Cisplatin Cytotoxicity in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Babak Azizzadeh, Helena T. Yip, K. Blackwell, S. Horvath +4 more
2001The Laryngoscope42 citations
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Electrical field stimulation causes endothelium-dependent and nitric oxide-mediated relaxation of pulmonary artery.
G. Buga, L. Ignarro
1992American Journal of Physiology40 citations
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Further Evidence for a Muscarinic Component to the Neural Vasodilator Innervation of Cerebral and Cranial Extracerebral Arteries of the Cat
J. Bevan, G. Buga, Charlene A. Jope, R. Jope +1 more
1982Circulation Research34 citations
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In vitro evidence that vasoactive intestinal peptide is a transmitter of neuro-vasodilation in the head of the cat.
John A. Bevan, G. Buga, Michael A. Moskowitz, Sami I. Said
1986Neuroscience33 citations
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Distribution of Choline Acetyltransferase in Cerebral and Extracerebral Cranial Arteries of the Cat: Its Relationship to Neurogenic Atropine‐Sensitive Dilation
J. Bevan, G. Buga, V. Florence, A. Gonsalves +1 more
1982Circulation Research33 citations Open access
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Neurotransmitter identity doubt
L. Ignarro, Peggy A. Bush, G. Buga, J. Rajfer
1990Nature31 citations
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L-4F Alters Hyperlipidemic (but not Normal) Mouse Plasma to Reduce Platelet Aggregation
G. Buga, M. Navab, Satoshi Imaizumi, S. Reddy +5 more
2009Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology28 citations Open access
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Multiple indications for anti-inflammatory peptides
B. V. van Lenten, M. Navab, G. Anantharamaiah, G. Buga +2 more
2008Current opinion in investigational drugs28 citations
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Peptide Mimetics of Apolipoproteins Improve HDL Function.
M. Navab, G. M. Anantharamaiah, S. Reddy, B. V. van Lenten +2 more
2007Journal of Clinical Lipidology26 citations Open access
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Immunosuppressive effects of interleukin-12 coexpression in melanoma antigen gene–modified dendritic cell vaccines
A. Ribas, S. Amarnani, G. Buga, L. Butterfield +5 more
2002Cancer Gene Therapy17 citations
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Inhibitors of Nitric Oxide Promote Microvascular Thrombosis
Babak Azizzadeh, G. Buga, G. Berke, B. Larian +2 more
2003Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery16 citations
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Apolipoprotein A-I Mimetic Peptides
B. V. van Lenten, Alan C. Wagner, G. Anantharamaiah, M. Navab +3 more
2009Current Atherosclerosis Reports8 citations Open access
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Endothelium-derived relaxing factor as a mediator of bradykinin-induced perinatal pulmonary vasodilatation in fetal sheep.
R. Glasgow, G. Buga, L. Ignarro, Gautam Chaudhuri +1 more
1997Reproduction, Fertility and Development8 citations
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Local Administration of Nitric Oxide Donor Significantly Impacts Microvascular Thrombosis
S. Chiang, Babak Azizzadeh, G. Buga, L. Ignarro +2 more
2003The Laryngoscope7 citations
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