Role of vitamin D in atherosclerosis

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2517-2531

  Kassi, Eva ^a   Adamopoulos, Christos ^a   Basdra, Efthimia K ^a   Papavassiliou, Athanasios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASE; 22 OXACALCITRIOL; 25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCITRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED CONSTRICTING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; PARICALCITOL; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 4; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOCYTE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGULATORY MECHANISM; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; INFLAMMATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS, VASCULAR; VITAMIN D;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84889054817     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002654     Document Type: Review

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