Rho-Kinase Inhibition Reduces Neointima Formation after Vascular Injury by Enhancing Bax Expression and Apoptosis

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Shibata, Rei ^a   Kai, Hisashi ^a,b   Seki, Yukihiko ^a   Kusaba, Ken ^a   Takemiya, Kiyoko ^a   Koga, Mitsuhisa ^a   Jalalidin, Ali ^a   Tokuda, Keisuke ^a   Tahara, Nobuhiro ^a   Niiyama, Hiroshi ^a   Nagata, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kuwahara, Fumitaka ^a   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Rho kinase; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION;

EID: 10744223968     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200312001-00011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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