Role of oxytocin in deceleration of early atherosclerotic inflammatory processes in adult male rats

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-178

  Ahmed, Marwa A ^a   Elosaily, Gehan M ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Methionine; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

RATTUS;

EID: 80053613300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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