Dietary L-arginine decreases myointimal cell proliferation and vascular monocyte accumulation in cholesterol-fed rabbits

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-77

  Böger, Rainer H ^a   Bode Böger, Stefanie M ^a   Kienke, Sven ^a   Stan, Alexandru C ^a   Nafe, Reinhold ^a   Frölich, Jürgen C ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric dimethylarginine; Bromodeoxyuridine; Endothelium; Hypercholesterolaemia; Immunohistochemistry; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BROXURIDINE; CHOLESTEROL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARGININE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL DIVISION; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RABBITS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0031821197     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(97)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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