Growth hormone influences the content and composition of collagen in the aorta from old rats

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 627-635

  Brüel, Annemarie ^a   Oxlund, Hans ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aorta; Collagen; Elastin; Growth hormone; Mechanics; Rats

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; DRUG VEHICLE; ELASTIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; THORACIC AORTA;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BODY WEIGHT; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0037204530     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(01)00409-2     Document Type: Article

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