Adenoviral activin a expression prevents vein graft intimal hyperplasia in a rat model

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-34

  Kloppenburg, Geoffrey T L ^a,b   Grauls, Gert E ^a   Bruggeman, Cathrien A ^a   Stassen, Frank R ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activin; Hyperplasia; Rat; Vein graft

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DNA TRANSFECTION; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRAFT FAILURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; STENOSIS; VEIN GRAFT; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ACTINS; ACTIVINS; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS;

EID: 58149394655     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.182329     Document Type: Article

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