Quercetin and its metabolites improve vessel function by inducing eNOS activity via phosphorylation of AMPK

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1036-1044

  Shen, Yu ^a,b   Croft, Kevin D ^b   Hodgson, Jonathan M ^b   Kyle, Reece ^b   Lee, I Ling E ^c   Wang, Yutang ^c   Stocker, Roland ^c   Ward, Natalie C ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMPK; Endothelial function; eNOS; Flavonoid; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID; GLUCURONIDE; NITRITE; QUERCETIN; S NITROSOTHIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENERGY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR RING;

ADENYLATE KINASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHOSPHORYLATION; QUERCETIN;

EID: 84866104856     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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