Antisense Bcl-x oligonucleotide induces apoptosis and prevents arterial neointimal formation in murine cardiac allografts

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 783-787

  Suzuki, Jun Ichi ^a   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^a   Morishita, Ryuichi ^b   Nishikawa, Toshio ^c   Amano, Jun ^a   Kaneda, Yasufumi ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN BCL X;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CORONARY VESSELS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIPOSOMES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RESPIROVIRUS; THIONUCLEOTIDES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, ISOGENEIC; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0033955856     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00356-9     Document Type: Article

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