Lipid lowering by diet reduces matrix metalloproteinase activity and increases collagen content of rabbit atheroma: A potential mechanism of lesion stabilization

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 2433-2444

  Aikawa, Masanori ^a   Rabkin, Elena ^a   Okada, Yoshikatsu ^b   Voglic, Sami J ^a   Clinton, Steven K ^b   Brinckerhoff, Constance E ^c   Sukhova, Galina K ^a   Libby, Peter ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Collagen; Diet; Hypercholesterolemia; Metalloproteinases

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; ELASTIN; GELATIN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; LIPID; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW FAT DIET; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT;

EID: 0032560637     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.24.2433     Document Type: Article

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