Taurine suppresses development of atherosclerosis in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic (WHHL) rabbits

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-87

  Murakami, Shigeru ^a   Kondo, Yukiko ^a   Sakurai, Takanobu ^a   Kitajima, Hideaki ^a   Nagate, Takatoshi ^a  

^a TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; LDL oxidation; Taurine; Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic (WHHL) rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; COPPER; TAP WATER; TAURINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; ACYL COENZYME A;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL COUNT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESTERIFICATION; HERITABILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTIMA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THORACIC AORTA; ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANIMAL; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHOLESTEROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; PROBABILITY; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAURINE; TUNICA INTIMA; ANIMALS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS;

EID: 0036015986     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(01)00764-X     Document Type: Article

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