Knockdown of Nrf2 inhibits the angiogenesis of rat cardiac micro-vascular endothelial cells under hypoxic conditions

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 656-665

  Kuang, Lihong ^a   Feng, Jian ^a   He, Guoxiang ^a   Jing, Tao ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cardiac microvascular endothelial cell; Hypoxia; NF E2 related factor 2

Indexed keywords

HEME OXYGENASE 1; MESSENGER RNA; NFE2L2 PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARDIAC MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HYPOXIA.; MALE; METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANGIOGENESIS; CARDIAC MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; HYPOXIA.; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEME OXYGENASE-1; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84880588789     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.5887     Document Type: Article

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