Oral administration of tetrahydrobiopterin prevents endothelial dysfunction and vascular oxidative stress in the aortas of insulin-resistant rats

Circulation Research

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 566-573

  Shinozaki, Kazuya ^a   Nishio, Yoshihiko ^a   Okamura, Tomio ^a   Yoshida, Yuichi ^b   Maegawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kojima, Hideto ^a   Masada, Masahiro ^b   Toda, Noboru ^a   Kikkawa, Ryuichi ^a   Kashiwagi, Atsunori ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Free radicals; Insulin; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE; FREE RADICAL; FRUCTOSE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; INSULIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0034730795     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.87.7.566     Document Type: Article

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