Symposium: Molecular mechanisms of protective effects of vitamin E in atherosclerosis: Nonantioxidant functions of α-tocopherol in smooth muscle cells

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Azzi, A ^a   Breyer, I ^a   Feher, M ^a   Ricciarelli, R ^a   Stocker, A ^a   Zimmer, S ^a   Zingg, J M ^a  

^a Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

tocopherol binding protein; Cell signaling; Tocopherols; Tocotrienols

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CD36 ANTIGEN; COLLAGENASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; SCAVENGER; TROPOMYOSIN; VITAMIN BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CELL CULTURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0035150297     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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