Vascular endothelial function and oxidative stress mechanisms in patients with Behçet's syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 517-520

  Chambers, John C ^a   Haskard, Dorian O ^a   Kooner, Jaspal S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; BEHCET SYNDROME; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0035134767     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)01137-2     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Behçet's disease
2. Vascular involvement in Behçet's disease
3. Plasma von Willebrand factor, tissue plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitor, and antithrombin III levels in Behçet's disease
4. Coagulation and fibrinolytic activity in Behçet's disease
5. Overproduction of monocyte derived tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin (IL) 6, IL-8 and increased neutrophil superoxide generation in Behçet's disease: A comparative study with familial Mediterranean fever and healthy subjects
6. Auto-oxidative damage in Behçet's disease - Endothelial cell damage following the elevated oxygen radicals generated by stimulated neutrophils
7. Oxidative stress in Adamantiades-Behçet's disease
8. Criteria for diagnosis of Behçet's disease
9. Nitric oxide is responsible for flow-dependent dilatation of human peripheral conduit arteries in vivo
10. Decreased nitric oxide production in patients with Behçet's disease
11. Interactions between NO and reactive oxygen species: Pathophysiological importance in atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes and heart failure
12. Inflammatory cytokines impair endothelium-dependent dilatation in human veins in vivo
13. Anti-endothelial cell antibodies, endothelial proliferation and von Willebrand factor antigen in Behçet's disease
14. Biological significance of endogenous methylarginines that inhibit nitric oxide synthases
15. Oral vitamin C and endothelial function in smokers: Short-term improvement, but no sustained beneficial effect