Vitamin E and atherosclerosis

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1593-1596

  Chan, Alvin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eicosanoids; Endothelium; Monocyte; Oxidized LDL; Platelets; Smooth muscle cell; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; LEUKOTRIENE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FOAM CELL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0031711778     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.10.1593     Document Type: Review

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