Hyperhomocysteinemia Alters Cardiac Substrate Metabolism by Impairing Nitric Oxide Bioavailability Through Oxidative Stress
Author(s) -
Nobuhiro Suematsu,
Caroline Ojaimi,
Shintaro Kinugawa,
Zipping Wang,
Xiaobin Xu,
Ákos Koller,
Fabio A. Recchia,
Thomas H. Hintze
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.652693
Subject(s) - hyperhomocysteinemia , medicine , endocrinology , ascorbic acid , oxidative stress , nitric oxide , nitric oxide synthase , apocynin , cystathionine beta synthase , homocysteine , nadph oxidase , chemistry , biochemistry , methionine , food science , amino acid
Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) has been considered a vascular disease associated with increased levels of oxidative stress that results in scavenging of NO. However, little is known of the impact of HHcy on cardiac function and especially myocardial metabolism.
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