Simvastatin and losartan differentially and synergistically inhibit atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-/- mice

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 543-550

  Lee, Bok Soo ^a   Choi, Jin Yong ^a   Kim, Joo Yun ^a   Han, Seul Hee ^a   Park, Jeong Euy ^b  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Losartan; Mice, knockout; Models, animal; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GELATINASE B; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOSARTAN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID DIET; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866553963     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2012.42.8.543     Document Type: Article

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