Decreased erythrocyte activity of methemoglobin and glutathione reductases may explain age-related high blood pressure;A diminuição da actividade enzimática das redutases da metahemoglobina e do glutationo do eritrócito pode explicar a hipertensão associada à idade?

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 403-412

  Da Silva, Alda Pereira ^a,b   Marinho, Cláudia ^a   Gonçalves, Ma Conceição ^a   Monteiro, Cristina ^c   Laires, Ma José ^c   Falcão, Luiz Menezes ^d   Nogueira, José Braz ^d   Bich, Manuel ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b Centro de Saúde da Alameda   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^e HSM/FML ^*

Author keywords

Cardiovascular aging; Erythrocyte redox balance; Glutathione reductase; High blood pressure; Methemoglobin reductase

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBIN REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CELL ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; REDOX STRESS; RISK FACTOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYTOCHROME-B(5) REDUCTASE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954205767     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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