Role of homocysteine in the pathogenesis of alcoholic cardiomyopathy

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 272-276

  Xie, Hua Ning ^a   Guo, Hong ^a   Wang, Cuan Cuan ^a   Wang, Hui Qin ^a   Li, Yue ^a   Li, Wei Min ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy, alcoholic; Homocysteine; Matrix metalloproteinase; Uertricular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; GELATINASE B; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, ALCOHOLIC; HOMOCYSTEINE; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84869227854     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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