Effect of L-arginine on circulating endothelial progenitor cells in hypercholesterolemic rabbits

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-216

  Javanmard, Shaghayegh Haghjooy ^a   Gheisari, Yousof ^a   Soleimani, Masoud ^b   Nematbakhsh, Mehdi ^a   Monajemi, Alireza ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelial progenitor cells; L arginine; Nitric Oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ESTROGEN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; EXERCISE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 77956047229     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.203     Document Type: Article

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