Table 5.

Comparison of Modified Tyrosine Levels in Atherosclerosis and Normal Tissue

	DOPA	diTyr	ClTyr
Tissue/fluid
Plasma LDL	630*	2*	10†
Normal iliac artery	∼500‡	∼30‡
Normal aorta		∼30§	80†
Initial aortic lesions (I–II)	730¶	70¶	200‡
Carotid and advanced aortic lesions	890¶, ∼1000‡	∼200‡, 230¶	178¶, 420†

The data represent mean values expressed as μmol/mol Tyr and are derived from

*, Fu and colleagues 54 ;

^†, Hazen and colleagues 49 ;

^‡, Fu and colleagues 21 ;

^§, Leeuwenburgh and colleagues 50 ; and

^¶, this study.