High methionine and cholesterol diet abolishes endothelial relaxation

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1358-1363

  Zulli, Anthony ^a,c   Widdop, Robert E ^b   Hare, David L ^a   Buxton, Brian F ^a   Black, M Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Endothelial function; Homocysteine; Nitric oxide; Plaque

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RISK FACTOR; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; METHIONINE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0042233498     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000080686.39871.54     Document Type: Article

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