Homocysteine as a risk factor for vascular disease: Enhanced collagen production and accumulation by smooth muscle cells

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2074-2081

  Majors, Alana ^a,b   Allen Ehrhart, L ^a   Pezacka, Ewa H ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Homocysteine; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 17344368557     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.10.2074     Document Type: Article

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