Article
Glutathione transferase activity in human vessels and in cultured arterial smooth muscle cells.
International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology - 1 Dec 1993
Pessah-Rasmussen H, Seidegård J, Stavenow L, Solem J O, Lindblad B, Xu C B
Abstract excerpt
Glutathione transferases play an important role in the detoxification of many different endogeneous and exogenous compounds such as metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) of cigarette tar. There is evidence that PAH may be atherogenic. The glutathione transferase activity towards t...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Arteriosclerosis
- Cattle
- Cells, Cultured
- Female
- Glutathione Transferase
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular