... transporter. Clinical data on ADMA aregrowing. A high plasma level of ADMA is considered a novel cardiovascular risk factor. Nowadays, it isclear that ADMA contributes to vascular pathology in atherothrombotic ... kininase 2) inhibitors; ADMA, asymmetric dimethylarginine; ASA,acetylsalicylic acid; BH4, tetrahydrobiopterin; Bk, bradykinin; BPF, bradykinin potentiating factor; CAD, coronary heart disease; CaM,calmodulin; ... bovine aorticendothelial cells lipophylic statins, i.e. atorvastatin,simvastatin and lovastatin (but not a hydrophilicpravastatin) at a concentration of 30 lm mobilize freecytoplasmic calcium...