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- Title
Fatty acids, membrane viscosity, serotonin andischemic heart disease.
- Authors
Cocchi, Massimo; Tonello, Lucio; Lercker, Giovanni
- Abstract
Novel markers for ischemic heart disease are under investigation by the scientific community at international level. This work focuses on a specific platelet membrane fatty acid condition of viscosity which is linked to molecular aspects such as serotonin and G proteins, factors involved in vascular biology. A suggestive hypothesis is considered about the possibility to use platelet membrane viscosity, in relation to serotonin or, indirectly, the fatty acid profile, as indicator of ischemic risk.
- Subjects
CORONARY disease; FATTY acids; SEROTONIN; MEMBRANE proteins; G proteins
- Publication
Lipids in Health & Disease, 2010, Vol 9, p97
- ISSN
1476-511X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1476-511X-9-97