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“There is evidence that an increase in plasma homocysteine may increase the formation of asymmetric dimethylarginine ( ADMA ), an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase.”
“In the combined patient and control groups a highly significant positive correlation was found between the plasma concentrations of homocysteine and ADMA (r=0.782, P<0.0001).”
“ Homocysteine has been proposed to inhibit the catabolic enzyme of ADMA , dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH), but the mechanism of this inhibition has not been fully elucidated.”
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology • 2016 | View Paper
“It has been suggested that homocysteine leads to endothelial dysfunction by causing an accumulation of asymmetrical dimethyl arginine (ADMA), a potent endogenous nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor of the l-arginine–NO pathway.”
Archives of Dermatological Research • 2015 | View Paper
“ HCY has been shown to inhibit the activity of endothelial dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH), causing the accumulation of ADMA and the inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis.”