Fluvastatin inhibits O2- and ICAM-1 levels in a rat model with aortic remodeling induced by pressure overload

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 281, Issue 2 50-2, 2001, Pages

  Katoh, Makoto ^a,b   Kurosawa, Yukie ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Watanabe, Ayako ^a   Doi, Hisayoshi ^a   Narita, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Discovery Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl CoA reductase inhibitor; Intercellular adhesion molecule 1; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LIPID PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ANIMAL; AORTA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; INDOLES; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0034886768     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.2.h655     Document Type: Article

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