Astragaloside IV inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis in rat vascular smooth muscle cells under high glucose concentration in vitro

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1259-1264

  Yuan, Wei ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Ge, Yakun ^a   Yan, Ming ^a   Kuang, Rong ^a   Zheng, Xiaoxiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Astragaloside IV; High glucose; Proliferation; Vascular remodeling; Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ASTRAGALOSIDE IV; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AORTA; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GLUCOSE; MALE; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPONINS; TRITERPENES;

RATTUS;

EID: 50649122369     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1081290     Document Type: Article

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