Homocysteine and the production of collagens, proliferation and apoptosis in human arterial smooth muscle cells

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 598-604

  Rasmussen, Lars M ^a   Hansen, Peter R ^b   Ledet, Thomas ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apoptosis genes; Atherosclerosis; Collagen types; Homocysteine; Plaque formation; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; HOMOCYSTEINE; PROTEIN BAX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 11144344917     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm1120907.x     Document Type: Article

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