High prevalence of mild hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 531-536

  Brunelli, Tamara ^a,b   Prisco, Domenico ^a,b   Fedi, Sandra ^a,b   Rogolino, Angela ^a,b   Farsi, Alessandro ^a,b   Marcucci, Rossella ^a,b   Giusti, Betti ^a,b   Pratesi, Carlo ^a,b   Pulli, Raffaele ^a,b   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a,b   Abbate, Rosanna ^a,b   Pepe, Guglielmina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); DNA; HOMOCYSTEINE; THROMBOMODULIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033823312     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2000.107563     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Plasma homocysteine, a risk factor for vascular disease: Plasma levels in health, disease, and drug therapy
2. Homocysteine and vascular disease
3. Homocysteine, an atherogenic stimulus, reduces protein C activation by arterial and venous endothelial cells
4. Homocysteine, a thrombogenic agent, suppresses anticoagulant heparan sulphate expression in cultured porcine aortic endothelial cells
5. Homocysteine, a risk factor for premature vascular disease and thrombosis, induces tissue factor activity in endothelial cells
6. Hyperhomocysteinemia and endothelial dysfunction in young patients with peripheral arterial occlusive deisease
7. Adverse vascular effects of homocysteine are modulated by endothelium-derived relaxing factor and related oxide of nitrogen
8. Chemical pathology of homocysteine, II: Carcinogenesis and homocysteine thiolactone metabolism
9. Homocysteine metabolism in scurvy, growth and arteriosclerosis
10. Homocysteine induces synthesis of a serine elatase in arterial smooth muscle cells from multi-organ donors
11. Homocysteine-induced elastolysis in arterial media: Activation of MMP2
12. Elastin degradation in abdominal aortic aneurysms
13. Prevalence and risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysms in older adults with and without isolated systolic hypertension
14. Determination of free and total homocysteine in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection
15. Design and validation of a new immunoassay for soluble forms of thrombomodulin and studies on plasma
16. The high prevalence of thermolabile 5-10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) in Italians is not associated to an increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD)
17. Aortic aneurysm and atherosclerosis
18. Prevalence and association of abdominal aortic aneurysm detected through screening
19. Decreased tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) in abdominal aortic aneurysm tissue: A preliminary report
20. Matrix metalloproteinase-2 production and its binding to the matrix are increased in abdominal aortic aneurysm
21. Promotion of vascular smooth muscle cells growth by homocysteine. A link to atherosclerosis
22. Soluble adhesion molecules, endothelial markers and atherosclerosis risk factors in abdominal aortic aneurysm: A comparison with claudicants and healthy controls
23. Prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease
24. Total plasma homocysteine and cardiovascular risk profile: The Hordaland Homocysteine Study
25. Low concentrations of folate in serum and erythrocytes of smokers: Methionine loading decreases folate concentrations in serum of smokers and non-smokers
26. Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta: Familial and genetic aspects in three hundred thirteen pedigrees