Endothelium-smooth muscle interaction in cardiac transplantation

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 836-840

  Skarsgard, Peter L ^a   McManus, Bruce M ^a,b   Van Breemen, Casey ^a   Laher, Ismail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac allograft; Endothelial cells; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Smooth muscle cells; Transplant

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERSTITIUM; MUSCLE TONE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031662028     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02164.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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