Fluvastatin enhances apoptosis in cytokine-stimulated vascular smooth muscle cells

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 310-317

  Takahashi, Masafumi ^a   Ogata, Yukiyo ^a   Okazaki, Hitoaki ^a   Takeuchi, Koichi ^a   Kobayashi, Eiji ^a   Ikeda, Uichi ^a   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; Cytokines; Signal transduction; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; FLUINDOSTATIN; MEVALONIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PRAVASTATIN; STATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INDOLES; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PRAVASTATIN; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0036150563     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200202000-00018     Document Type: Article

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