Catalase-overexpressing transgenic mouse heart is resistant to ischemia- reperfusion injury

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 42-3, 1997, Pages

  Li, Guangqiu ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Saari, Jack T ^b   Kang, Y James ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractile force; Creatine kinase; Infarction; Langendorff; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CREATINE KINASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN RADICAL; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 33751279204     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.3.h1090     Document Type: Article

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