Mevalonate availability and cardiovascular functions.
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Mevalonate availability and cardiovascular functions.
Data delineating the relationship between disorders of cholesterol metabolism and elevated blood pressure (BP) do not exist. We postulated that mevalonate, the metabolic precursor of endogenous cholesterol and the direct product of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase, was a contributing factor for the maintenance of vascular tone and systemic BP. We conducted in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.24.11728