Changes in biomechanical properties, composition of collagen and elastin, and advanced glycation endproducts of the rat aorta in relation to age

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-165

  Brüel, Annemarie ^a   Oxlund, Hans ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ageing; aorta; biomechanics; collagen; elastin; glycation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; HYDROXYPROLINE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; FLUORESCENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; GLYCOSYLATION END PRODUCTS, ADVANCED; HYDROXYPROLINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030596135     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(96)05947-3     Document Type: Article

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