The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 872-880, September 2010

Folic acid consumption reduces resistin level and restores blunted acetylcholine-induced aortic relaxation in obese/diabetic mice☆

  • Sai Wang Seto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Tsz Yan Lam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Penelope Mei Yu Or

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Wayne Yuk Wai Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Alice Lai Shan Au

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Christina Chui Wa Poon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Rachel Wai Sum Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Shun Wan Chan

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • John Hok Keung Yeung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • George Pak Heng Leung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Simon Ming Yuen Lee

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, People's Republic of China
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  • Sai Ming Ngai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Yiu Wa Kwan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
    • Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
    • Institute of Vascular Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. Tel.: +852 2609 6884; fax: +852 2603 5139.

Received 23 February 2009; received in revised form 17 June 2009; accepted 30 June 2009. published online 02 November 2009.

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☆ S.W. Seto and T.Y. Lam contributed equally to this study.

PII: S0955-2863(09)00150-8

doi:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.06.015

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 872-880, September 2010

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