Simvastatin Enhances the Regeneration of Endothelial Cells via VEGF Secretion in Injured Arteries

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-340

  Matsuno, Hiroyuki ^a   Takei, Mariko ^b   Hayashi, Hideharu ^a   Nakajima, Keiichi ^a   Ishisaki, Akira ^a   Kozawa, Osamu ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Statin; Vascular remodeling; VEGF

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; SIMVASTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1 ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2 ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MEVALONIC ACID; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIMVASTATIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 1442302282     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200403000-00002     Document Type: Article

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