Fibronectin expression and aortic wall elastic modulus in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1027-1034

  Bézie, Yvonnick ^a   Lamazière, Jean Marie Daniel ^b   Laurent, Stéphane ^c   Challande, Pascal ^d   Cunha, Roberto Sa ^a   Bonnet, Jacques ^b   Lacolley, Patrick ^a,b  

^a 'Lipoproteines et A   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^d URA   (France)

Author keywords

Aorta; Elastic modulus; Fibronectin; SHR; 5 1 integrin

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0031947045     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.7.1027     Document Type: Article

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