Hypercholesterolemia induces regression in neointimal thickening due to apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells in the hamster endothelial injury model

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 512-523

  Matsuda, Akihisa ^a   Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^a   Kondo, Kazunao ^a   Ikeda, Yasuhiko ^a   Umemura, Kazuo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Remodeling; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; ROSE BENGAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HAMSTER; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTIMA; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CRICETINAE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMORAL ARTERY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0036162452     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00467-9     Document Type: Article

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