Homocysteine induces connective tissue growth factor expression in vascular smooth muscle cells

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 184-192

  Liu, X ^a   Luo, F ^a   Li, J ^a   Wu, W ^a   Li, L ^a   Chen, H ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Connective tissue growth factor; Extracellular matrix; Homocysteine; Vascular smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; METHIONINE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 37548999379     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02801.x     Document Type: Article

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