LDL cholesterol upregulates synthesis of asymmetrical dimethylarginine in human endothelial cells: Involvement of S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases

Circulation Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-105

  Böger, Rainer H ^a   Sydow, Karsten ^a   Borlak, Jürgen ^b   Thum, Thomas ^b   Lenzen, Henrike ^a   Schubert, Bibiana ^a   Tsikas, Dimitrios ^a   Bode Böger, Stefanie M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Dimethylarginine; Endothelium; Lipoproteins; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034698038     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.87.2.99     Document Type: Article

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