γ-Tocotrienol ameliorates intestinal radiation injury and reduces vascular oxidative stress after total-body irradiation by an HMG-CoA Reductase-dependent mechanism

Radiation Research

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 596-605

  Berbe, Maaike ^a,d   Fu, Qiang ^a   Boerma, Marjan ^a   Wang, Junru ^a   Kumar, K Sree ^b   Hauer Jensen, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MEVALONIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PLASTOCHROMANOL 8; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE INJURY; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; INTESTINE; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; VITAMIN E; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 67650673837     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1632.1     Document Type: Article

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