Rabbit plaque models closely resembling lesions in human coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-277

  Okabe, Taichi ^a   Hoshiga, Masaaki ^a   Negoro, Nobuyuki ^a   Nakakoji, Takahiro ^a   Arishiro, Kumiko ^a   Ishihara, Tadashi ^a   Ueno, Hikaru ^b   Hanafusa, Toshiaki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Fibrous cap; Lipid core; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELASTIC FIBER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; FOAM CELLS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RABBITS; THROMBOPLASTIN;

EID: 79951944244     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.09.528     Document Type: Article

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