Propagermanium reduces atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E knockout mice via inhibition of macrophage infiltration

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 969-974

  Yamashita, Tomoya ^a   Kawashima, Seinosuke ^a   Ozaki, Masanori ^a   Namiki, Masayuki ^a   Inoue, Nobutaka ^a   Hirata, Ken Ichi ^a   Yokoyama, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; C C chemokine receptor 2; Drug; Macrophage; Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CARBOXYETHYLGERMANIUM SESQUIOXIDE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; JAPAN; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL MIGRATION INHIBITION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GERMANIUM; LIPIDS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MONOCYTES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; THIOGLYCOLATES;

EID: 0036078413     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000019051.88366.9C     Document Type: Article

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