Endothelin-converting enzyme expression in the rat vascular injury model and human coronary atherosclerosis

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 221-230

  Minamino, Tohru ^a   Kurihara, Hiroki ^a   Takahashi, Masaaki ^b   Shimada, Kohei ^b   Maemura, Koji ^a   Oda, Hideaki ^a   Ishikawa, Takatoshi ^a   Uchiyama, Takashi ^c   Tanzawa, Kazuhiko ^b   Yazaki, Yoshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; endothelin; enzymes

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0344041364     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.1.221     Document Type: Article

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