Horizons In World Cardiovascular Research

The Origin and Role of N-Homocysteinylated Proteins in Cardiovascular Disease Part 3

Chronic Treatments with Hcy-Thiolactone are Harmful As predicted by the Hcy-thiolactone hypothesis [36] [37a, 37b], chronic treatments of animals with Hcy-thiolactone cause pathophysiological changes similar to those observed in human genetic hyperhomocysteinemia. For example, Hcy-thiolactone infusions in baboons [95] or Hcy-thiolactone-supplemented diet in rats [96] produce atherosclerosis. Treatments with Hcy-thiolactone cause developmental abnormalities in chick […]