Vascular endothelial growth factor upregulates inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in the muscle flap ischemia model in the rat

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-225

  Chen, Zeng Gan ^a,b   Persons, Babara ^a   Lin, Lin ^a   Lineaweaver, William C ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Muscle flap; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GRACILIS FLAP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURGICAL FLAPS; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 67649210975     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1104550     Document Type: Article

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