Baker Heart Institute

Another study, from the Baker Heart Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, showed that folic acid supplementation for just three weeks reduces both blood pressure in the brachial artery of the arm and arterial stiffness. The investigators concluded that Folic acid is a safe and effective supplement that targets large artery stiffness and may prevent isolated systolic hypertension. ... 

Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia... 

A. Ian Smith / Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia David E. Smith / Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. 

Baker Heart Research Institute, Diabetes and Metabolism Division, 75 Commercial Road, 3004, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, aino.soro-paavonen baker.edu.au... 

Baker Heart Diabetes Institute, PO Box 6492, St Kilda Road Central, Melbourne, Victoria 8008, Australia. E-mail paul.nestel bakeridi.edu.au. 

This study utilised the well-characterized apolipoprotein E knockout apo E KO) mouse model of accelerated atherosclerosis, whereby mice develop complex vascular lesions after 20 weeks of diabetes that resemble the morphology seen in human atherosclerosis Six-week-old male apoE KO mice (backcrossed 20 times to a C57BL/6 background Animal Resource Centre, Canning Vale, Western Australia) were housed at the Precinct Animal Centre, Baker Heart Research Institute, and studied according to National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines. 

Correspondence Kazuko Masuo, MD, PhD, INucleus Network Ltd., 2 Human Neurotransmitter Laboratory Baker IDI Heart Diabetes Research Institute 89 Commercial Road, Melbourne Victoria 3004, Australia, Phone +61-3-8532-1111 Fax +61-3-8532-1100 E-mail kmasuo baker.edu.au. 

Danielle Alberti Memorial Centre for Diabetes Complications, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gonda Building, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, California 91010, USA... 

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA... 

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