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{{Stub}} [[Category:Biochemistry and cell biology]] '''Nitric oxide''', known chemically as NO, is a dissolved gas that can be generated and used in the body. In the 1980s NO was discovered to have many vital roles in the human body, including acting as a unique kind of transmitter for the nervous system.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book | last = Kharitonov | first = Sergei A. | last2 = Ito | first2 = Kazuhiro | date = 2009 | title = Nitric Oxide|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374001-4.00030-4|publisher=Elsevier|pages=363β372|doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-374001-4.00030-4|isbn=9780123740014}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book | last = Wilson | first = G. | last2 = Garthwaite | first2 = J. | date = 2009 | title = Nitric Oxide|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-008045046-9.00684-7|publisher=Elsevier|pages=1151β1156|doi=10.1016/b978-008045046-9.00684-7|isbn=9780080450469}}</ref> The enzyme NO Synthase (NOS) synthesizes NO from the amino acid [[Arginine|L-arginine]].<ref name=":1" /> NO has a number of roles in the respiratory system, including promoting vascular and bronchial dilation, and mucus secretion, and it is an important [[neurotransmitter]] for neurons in the bronchial wall.Β NO can also influence immune cells, and is a mediator of [[Inflammation|inflammatory]] phenomena within lung cells.<ref name=":0" /> == See also == * [[Nitric oxide hypothesis]] == Learn more == [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080450469006847 Nitric oxide - Encyclopedia of Neuroscience] [https://phoenixrising.me/archives/18836 Nitric oxide and it's possible role in ME/CFS] - Andrew Gladman == References == {{Reflist}}
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