NOS3 and atherosclerosis: In addition to its protection against atherosclerosis-induced renal injury, SS-31 reduced Scr and downregulated TNF-a and TGF-β expression in a porcine model of coronary artery stenosis but had no effect on renal hemodynamics and endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) expression, which contradicts Eirin's findings.