Homocysteine induces DNA synthesis and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells by interfering with MAPK kinase pathway

BioFactors

Volumn 24, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 193-199

  Özer, Nesrin Kartal ^a   Taha, Suzan ^a   Azzi, Angelo ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Homocysteine; Signal transduction; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28644433960     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520240123     Document Type: Article

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