Phytoestrogen α-zearalanol inhibits homocysteine-induced endothelin-1 expression and oxidative stress in human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 549-555

  Duan, Jinhong ^a   Xu, Haishan ^a   Dai, Shunling ^a   Wang, Xiaoming ^a   Wu, Yunqing ^a   Zhang, Yandong ^a   Sun, Renyu ^a   Ren, Jun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

ZAL; AP 1; Endothelin 1; Homocysteine; Oxidative stress; Phytoestrogen

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; HOMOCYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN C JUN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; ZERANOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIN-1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOESTROGENS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; UMBILICAL VEINS; UP-REGULATION; ZERANOL;

EID: 40949134105     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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