Taurine and vitamin C modify monocyte and endothelial dysfunction in young smokers

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 410-415

  Fennessy, F M ^a   Moneley, D S ^a   Wang, J H ^a   Kelly, C J ^a   Bouchier Hayes, D J ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Nitric oxide synthase; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TAURINE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOKING; UMBILICAL VEIN; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASODILATATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; SMOKING; TAURINE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0037469229     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000046447.72402.47     Document Type: Article

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