Effects of fluvastatin treatment on red blood cell Na + transport systems in hypercholesterolemic subjects

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 376-382

  Saitta, Antonino ^a,b   Castaldo, Maria ^a   Sardo, Adriana ^a   Saitta, Michele N ^a   Cinquegrani, Maurizio ^a   Bonaiuto, Michele ^a   D'Arrigo, Patrizia ^a   Zema, Milena ^a   Squadrito, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluvastatin; Hypercholesterolemia; Internal Na + content; Na + transport systems; Na + K pump; Na + K + cotransport; Na + Li + countertransport; Passive Na + permeability

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; FLUINDOSTATIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LITHIUM ION; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; INDOLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; SODIUM;

EID: 0033997633     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200003000-00005     Document Type: Article

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