Enhanced expression of matrix metalloproteinase-3, -12, and -13 mRNAs in the aortas of apolipoprotein E-deficient mice with advanced atherosclerosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 878, Issue , 1999, Pages 555-558

  Jeng, Arco Y ^a,b   Chou, Mary ^a   Sawyer, Wilbur K ^a   Caplan, Shari L ^a   Von Linden Reed, Jean ^a   Jeune, Michael ^a   Prescott, Margaret Forney ^a  

^a NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE 3; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; STROMELYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 3; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032838244     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07725.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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