Dietary Nitrate Is a Modifier of Vascular Gene Expression in Old Male Mice

Aging leads to a number of disadvantageous changes in the cardiovascular system. Deterioration of vascular homoeostasis with increase in oxidative stress, chronic low-grade inflammation, and impaired nitric oxide bioavailability results in endothelial dysfunction, increased vascular stiffness, and c...

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Main Authors: Christos Rammos, Matthias Totzeck, René Deenen, Karl Köhrer, Malte Kelm, Tienush Rassaf, Ulrike B. Hendgen-Cotta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/658264