Atherosclerosis, vascular remodeling, and impairment of endothelium- dependent relaxation in genetically altered hyperlipidemic mice

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2333-2340

  Bonthu, Srinivas ^a   Heistad, Donald D ^a   Chappell, David A ^a   Lamping, Kathryn G ^a   Faraci, Frank M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Gene knockout; Hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTIMA; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031440915     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.11.2333     Document Type: Article

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