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EFFECT OF HOMOCYSTEINE ON THE PRODUCTION OF NITRIC OXIDE IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS |
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| Authors: | KIT Chow FILLY Cheung TERENCE TH Lao† KARMIN O |
| Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, SAR China. |
| Abstract: | 1. Homocysteine decreased the release of nitric oxide in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells. 2. Homocysteine did not affect constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthase activity. |
| Keywords: | endothelial cells homocysteine nitric oxide nitric oxide synthase |