Asymmetric Dimethyarginine as marker and mediator in Ischemic stroke

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 15983-16004

  Chen, Shufen ^a,b   Li, Na ^a,c,d   Deb Chatterji, Milani ^a   Dong, Qiang ^b   Kielstein, Jan T ^a   Weissenborn, Karin ^a,c   Worthmann, Hans ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA); Ischemic stroke; Nitric oxide (NO); Nitric oxide synthase (NOS); Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA)

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; FLUINDOSTATIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; PITAVASTATIN; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N,N-DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; METHYLATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; STROKE;

EID: 84871674662     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131215983     Document Type: Review

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