Mechanical properties and structure of carotid arteries in mice lacking desmin

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 178-187

  Lacolley, Patrick ^a   Challande, Pascal ^b   Boumaza, Saliha ^a   Cohuet, Géraldine ^a   Laurent, Stéphane ^a   Boutouyrie, Pierre ^a   Grimaud, Jean Alexis ^b   Paulin, Denise ^c   Lamazière, Jean Marie Daniel ^a   Li, Zhenlin ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Arteries; Extracellular matrix; Mechanotransduction; Smooth muscle; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DESMIN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AORTA; BIOMECHANICS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DESMIN; ELASTICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIMENTIN; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035010557     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00278-4     Document Type: Article

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