Letter to the editor: Is homocysteine the culprit molecule in vascular diseases or just a bystander?

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Lu, Shao Chun ^a   Chen, Yi Jie ^a   Chang, Po Yuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

9 (2 HYDROXY 3 NONYL)ADENINE; ADENOSINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HOMOCYSTEINE; RESISTIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77957672666     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00164.2010     Document Type: Letter

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