Total panax notoginsenosides prevent atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-knockout mice: Role of downregulation of CD40 and MMP-9 expression

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 350-354

  Liu, Guilin ^a,b   Wang, Bo ^a   Zhang, Jidong ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Liu, Fenye ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cell differentiation Antigen 40; Matrix metalloproteinase 9; Panax notoginseng

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CD40 ANTIGEN; GELATINASE B; LIPID; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TOTAL PANAX NOTOGINSENOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GINSENOSIDES; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ARALIACEAE; MUS; PANAX; PANAX NOTOGINSENG;

EID: 70350343126     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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