Vitamin C promotes human endothelial cell growth via the ERK-signaling pathway

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-94

  Ulrich Merzenich, Gudrun ^a   Zeitler, Heike ^a   Panek, Darius ^a   Bokemeyer, Dirk ^b   Vetter, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Augusta Kranken Anstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Endothelium; Mitogen activated proteinkinases; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INJURY; UMBILICAL CORD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUTADIENES; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NITRILES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847123561     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-006-0636-5     Document Type: Article

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