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Immunocytochemical localization of aromaticl-amino acid decarboxylase and catechol-O-methyltransferase in blood vessel wall of the human dental pulp |
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| Authors: | Toshi Nomura Katsuhiro Inoue Cyrus R. Creveling Fuhito Komatsu Norio Ohta Takehiro Chino Nobuyuki Karasawa Ikuko Nagatsu |
| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Periodontology, Matsumoto Dental College, Nagano 399-07, Japan;bLaboratory of Oral Structure and Function, Institute for Dental Science, Matsumoto Dental College, Nagano 399-07, Japan;cOffice of Technology Deuelopment, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA;dDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery I, Matsumoto Dental College, Nagano 399-07, Japan;eDepartment of Anatomv, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Aichi 470-11, Japan |
| Abstract: | Relatively large amounts of DOPA as compared with the concentration of norepinephrine are found in human dental pulp. AADC and COMT are localized in blood vessel walls of human dental pulp. This localization suggests a functional relationship between COMT and AADC with regard to the metabolism of DOPA. |
| Keywords: | Aromatic font-variant: small-caps" >l-amino acid decarboxylase Catechol-O-methyltransferase DOPA Dental pulp Human |
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