Dietary copper supplements modulate aortic superoxide dismutase, nitric oxide and atherosclerosis

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 247-255

  Lamb, David J ^a   Tickner, Michelle L ^a   Hourani, Susanna M O ^a   Ferns, Gordon A A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Copper; Nitric oxide; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; COPPER ACETATE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FLUORESCENCE; INTIMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCIMYCIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; IONOPHORES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RABBITS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TYROSINE;

EID: 23044513944     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0959-9673.2005.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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