Hyperhomocysteinemia in liver cirrhosis: Mechanisms and role in vascular and hepatic fibrosis

Hypertension

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1217-1221

  Ruiz García Tevijano, Elena ^a   Berasain, Carmen ^a   Rodríguez, José Antonio ^a   Corrales, Fernando José ^a   Arias, Roberto ^a   Martín Duce, Antonio ^a   Caballería, Juan ^a   Mato, José María ^a   Avila, Matías Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Fibrosis; Gene expression; Homocysteine; Liver; Methionine; Muscle, smooth, vascular

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; PROCOLLAGEN; PYRIDOXINE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0035725225     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hy1101.099499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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