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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 130, Issue 2, Pages 369S-372SPublisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.2.369S
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homocysteine; endothelium; cardiovascular disease; reactive oxygen species
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The nature of the link between homocysteine and cardiovascular disease has not yet been clearly established. Impaired endothelium-independent vasodilatation is an early feature of vascular disease. In human studies, methionine loading, which acutely elevates plasma homocysteine, induces endothelial dysfunction. Folate therapy, which lowers homocysteine, enhances endothelial function. This is consistent with, but not proof of, homocysteine toxicity to endothelium in vivo. Homocysteine, in high concentration, can induce endothelial dysfunction in vitro. This is accompanied by increased superoxide production, which when inhibited, restores normal endothelial function. These observations suggest that homocysteine may induce vascular endothelial dysfunction by a mechanism involving reactive oxygen species.
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