Apocynin influence on oxidative stress and cardiac remodeling of spontaneously hypertensive rats with diabetes mellitus

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rosa, C M ^a   Gimenes, R ^a   Campos, D H S ^a   Guirado, G N ^a   Gimenes, C ^b   Fernandes, A A H ^a   Cicogna, A C ^a   Queiroz, R M ^a   Falcao Pires I ^c   Miranda Silva, D ^c   Rodrigues, P ^c   Laurindo, F R ^d   Fernandes, D C ^d   Correa, C R ^a   Okoshi, M P ^a   Okoshi, K ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO SAGRADO CORAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Myocardial fibrosis; NADPH oxidase; Oxidative stress; Spontaneously hypertensive rat; Systemic hypertension; Ventricular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; APOCYNIN; CATALASE; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROXYPROLINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; LIPID PEROXIDE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACETOPHENONES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; COLLAGEN TYPE III; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS, INBRED SHR; STREPTOZOCIN; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84984832980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12933-016-0442-1     Document Type: Article

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