Sympathectomy causes aggravated lesions and dedifferentiation in large rabbit atherosclerotic arteries without involving nitric oxide

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-305

  Kacem, Kamel ^a   Sercombe, Christine ^c   Hammami, Mohamed ^b   Vicaut, Eric ^d   Sercombe, Richard ^c,d,e  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Laboratoire d'Etude de la Microcirculation   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Dedifferentiation; Femoral artery; Fibroblasts; Hypercholesterolemia; Neointima; Nitric oxide; Sympathetic nervous system; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIBODY; CALDESMON; DESMIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; HISTAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDOPAMINE; VIMENTIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL REMODELING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTIMA; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SHEAR STRESS; SYMPATHECTOMY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; OXIDOPAMINE; RABBITS; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33747474717     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093010     Document Type: Article

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