Angiotensin II induces histomorphologic features of unstable plaque in a murine model of accelerated atherosclerosis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 364-371

  da Cunha, Valdeci ^a   Martin McNulty, Baby ^a   Vincelette, Jon ^a   Choy, David F ^a   Li, We Wei ^a   Schroeder, Miriam ^a   Mahmoudi, Mithra ^a   Halks Miller, Meredith ^a   Wilson, Dennis W ^b   Vergona, Ronald ^a   Sullivan, Mark E ^a  

^a Jim)   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GELATINASE A; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FOAM CELL; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MALE; MEDIATOR; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHEMOKINE CCL2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOAM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGATION; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 33746494065     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.04.033     Document Type: Article

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