Simvastatin suppresses homocysteine-induced apoptosis in endothelial cells: Roles of caspase-3, cIAP-1 and cIAP-2

Hypertension Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 375-380

  Xu, Zhihong ^a   Lu, Guoping ^a   Wu, Fang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; HOMOCYSTEINE; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN 1; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN 2; LIPOCORTIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; SIMVASTATIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; NICK END LABELING; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 68249162269     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2009.24     Document Type: Article

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