One step beyond: Glutathione peroxidase and endothelial dysfunction

Hypertension

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 825-826

  Brosnan, M Julia ^a  

^a ORDWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 1; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CODON; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 42049086367     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.104760     Document Type: Note

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