グルタチオンペロキシダース-3欠乏症は,体内では血小板依存性血栓形成を促進する

Richard C Jin1, Christopher E Mahoney, Laura Coleman Anderson

  • 1Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Circulation
|April 27, 2011
PubMed
まとめ

グルタチオンペロキシダース-3 (GPx-3) の欠乏は,血管機能を損ない,血栓形成を促進する. この抗酸化酵素は,血小板の活性を調節し,脳卒中を予防するために重要です.

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