Low-dose taurine upregulates taurine transporter expression in acute myocardial ischemia

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 817-824

  Zhang, Yue ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Yang, Yu Jie ^a   Liu, Xiao Yu ^a   Jia, Jian Guo ^a   Qian, Ju Ying ^a   Wang, Ke Qiang ^a   Zuo, Ji ^a   Ge, Jun Bo ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial ischemia; Hypoxia; Taurine; Taurine transporter

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TAURINE; TAURINE TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAURINE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84875278397     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2013.1264     Document Type: Article

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