Hope or hype: The obsession for tetrahydrobiopterin and GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH I) in cardiovascular medicine

Journal of Cardiothoracic-Renal Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Ren, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; GTP cyclohydrolase I; Oxidative stress; Tetrahydrobiopterin; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE TRANSFER; HEART INDEX; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 32644489667     PISSN: 15740668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jccr.2005.11.002     Document Type: Review

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