The expression of platelet-derived growth factor and connective tissue growth factor in different types of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-278

  Kanazawa, S ^a   Miyake, T ^b   Kakinuma, T ^c   Tanemoto, K ^d   Tsunoda, T ^d   Kikuchi, K ^c  

^a Himeji Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Connective tissue growth factor; Platelet derived growth factor; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; RNA; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA PROBE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROGNOSIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33745327267     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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