Morelloflavone, a biflavonoid inhibitor of migration-related kinases, ameliorates atherosclerosis in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Pinkaew, Decha ^a,b   Hutadilok Towatana, Nongporn ^b   Teng, Ba Bie ^c   Mahabusarakam, Wilawan ^b   Fujise, Ken ^a,c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biflavonoid; Garcinia dulcis; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

BIFLAVONOID; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MORELLOFLAVONE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE P60; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SECRETORY PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GARCINIA; LIPID ANALYSIS; MIGRATION INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIFLAVONOIDS; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; LIPIDS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; RECEPTORS, LDL; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 84855335541     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00669.2011     Document Type: Article

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