The combination of high dietary methionine plus cholesterol induces myocardial fibrosis in rabbits

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 278-281

  Zulli, Anthony ^a   Hare, David L ^a   Buxton, Brian F ^a   Black, M Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Homocysteine; Myocardial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; COLLAGEN; CORONARY VESSELS; FIBROSIS; MALE; METHIONINE; MYOCARDIUM; RABBITS;

EID: 33644553778     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.06.036     Document Type: Article

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