Exercise mitigates the adverse effects of hyperhomocysteinemia on macrophages, MMP-9, skeletal muscle, and white adipocytes1

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 575-582

  Winchester, Lee ^a   Veeranki, Sudhakar ^a   Givvimani, Srikanth ^a   Tyagi, Suresh C ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Exercise; GPCR; Homocysteine; Macrophage; MMP 9; PPAR; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GELATINASE B;

ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WHITE ADIPOCYTE;

ADIPOCYTES, WHITE; ANIMALS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84903287419     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2014-0059     Document Type: Review

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