Endothelium-dependent effects of statins

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 729-736

  Wolfrum, Sebastian ^b   Jensen, Kristin S ^b   Liao, James K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3 hydroxy 3 methyl glutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Endothelium; Protein kinase Akt

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE;

BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL ADHESION; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; NAPHTHALENES; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0038366771     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000063385.12476.A7     Document Type: Review

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