Soluble elastin decreases in the progress of atheroma formation in human aorta

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2154-2162

  Akima, Takashi ^a,b   Nakanishi, Kuniaki ^a   Suzuki, Kimihiro ^a   Katayama, Masahiko ^c   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^a   Kawai, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Saitama City Hospital   (Japan)

^c EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Elastin; Pathology; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; GELATINASE B; MESSENGER RNA;

AORTA; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLUBILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 73249135563     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0104     Document Type: Article

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