Regular cigarette smoking influences the transsulfuration pathway, endothelial function, and inflammation biomarkers in a sex-gender specific manner in healthy young humans

American Journal of Translational Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 497-509

  Campesi, Ilaria ^a,b   Carru, Ciriaco ^b   Zinellu, Angelo ^b   Occhioni, Stefano ^b   Sanna, Manuela ^b   Palermo, Mario ^c   Tonolo, Giancarlo ^d   Mercuro, Giuseppe ^e   Franconi, Flavia ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d San Giovanni di Dio Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADMA; Cigarette smoking; Global dna methylation; Sex gender differences; Transsulfuration pathway

Indexed keywords

6 N, N' DIMETHYLARGININE; ARGININE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINYLGLYCINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; N (G), N (G) DIMETHYLARGININE; TAURINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOTHELIUM; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84882966654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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