Macromolecular transport in heart valves. III. Experiment and theory for the size distribution of extracellular liposomes in hyperlipidemic rabbits

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Zeng, Zhongqing ^a   Nievelstein Post, Patricia ^b,f   Yin, Yongyi ^a,e   Jan, Kung Ming ^c   Frank, Joy S ^b   Rumschitzki, David S ^a,c,d  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Kinetics of lipid accumulation in values; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE ETCHING; FREEZE FRACTURE; HEART VALVE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID STORAGE; LIPID TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; KINETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOSOMES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RABBITS;

EID: 34447498758     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00606.2006     Document Type: Article

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