Endothelium-dependent relaxation of collateral microvessels after intramuscular gene transfer of vascular endothelial growth factor in a rat model of hindlimb ischemia

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1261-1263

  Takeshita, Satoshi ^a   Isshiki, Takaaki ^a   Ochiai, Masahiko ^a   Eto, Koji ^a   Mori, Hidezo ^b   Tanaka, Etsuro ^b   Umetani, Keiji ^c   Sato, Tomohide ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Collateral circulation; Endothelium; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HINDLIMB; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0032578477     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.13.1261     Document Type: Article

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