Vitamin C protects human arterial smooth muscle cells against atherogenic lipoproteins: Effects of antioxidant vitamins C and E on oxidized LDL-induced adaptive increases in cystine transport and glutathione

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1662-1670

  Siow, Richard C M ^a   Sato, Hideyo ^a,b   Leake, David S ^c   Pearson, Jeremy D ^a   Bannai, Shiro ^b   Mann, Giovanni E ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d Vascular Biology Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid transport; Ascorbic acid; Atherosclerosis; Oxidative stress; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYSTINE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPOPROTEIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID OXIDATION; MUSCLE CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031719102     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.10.1662     Document Type: Article

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