The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 580-588, July 2010

l-Carnitine attenuates angiotensin II-induced proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts: role of NADPH oxidase inhibition and decreased sphingosine-1-phosphate generation☆

  • Hung-Hsin Chao

      Affiliations

    • Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Both Hung-Hsin Chao and Ju-Chi Liu equally contributed to this work.
    • ,
  • Cheng-Hsien Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Ju-Chi Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Both Hung-Hsin Chao and Ju-Chi Liu equally contributed to this work.
    • ,
  • Jia-Wei Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Kar-Lok Wong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Tzu-Hurng Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 931770381; fax: +886 27827654.

Received 3 November 2008; received in revised form 16 February 2009; accepted 9 March 2009. published online 18 May 2009.

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☆ Funding: This work was supported by the China Medical University (CMU-97-212), Taichung, and Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital (SKH-TMU-97-03), Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

PII: S0955-2863(09)00060-6

doi:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.03.003

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 580-588, July 2010

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