Accumulation of Zinc in Human Atherosclerotic Lesions
Correlates With Calcium Levels But Does Not Protect
Against Protein Oxidation
by Nadina Stadler, Naomi Stanley, Sylvia Heeneman, Vladimir Vacata, Mat J.A.P.
Daemen, Paul G. Bannon, Johannes Waltenberger, and Michael J. Davies
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
Volume 28(5):1024-1030
May 1, 2008
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Figure 1. Iron (A) detected by EPR (open bars) and ICPMS (black bars), zinc (B), copper (C), and
calcium (D) levels in healthy arteries, advanced carotid endarterectomy samples, and
postmortem abdominal and carotid lesions.
Nadina Stadler et al. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol.
2008;28:1024-1030
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Figure 2. Correlations plots of zinc versus copper (A1 to A3), and zinc versus calcium (B1 to B3),
from postmortem abdominal aorta (A1, B1), postmortem carotid (A2, B2), and advanced carotid
endarterectomy samples (A3, B3).
Nadina Stadler et al. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol.
2008;28:1024-1030
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Figure 3. Correlation plots of zinc vs EPR-detectable iron (A1, A2), calcium (B1, B2), and copper
(C1, C2) from postmortem abdominal aorta (A1, B1, C1) and carotid artery samples (A2, B2, C2)
from subjects with diagnosed cardiovascular disease.
Nadina Stadler et al. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol.
2008;28:1024-1030
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