Homocysteine is positively associated with cytokine IL-18 plasma levels in coronary artery bypass surgery patients

BioFactors

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-73

  McLachlan, Craig Steven ^a,d   Chua, Wendy Chen Nee ^a   Wong, Peter Tsun Hon ^a   Ti, Lian Kah ^b   Chen, Christopher ^c   El Oakley, Reida Menshawe ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CABG; Coronary artery disease; Homocysteine; Human coronary smooth muscle and endothelial cells; IL 18

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 24944567085     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520230202     Document Type: Article

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