Aortic remodeling after transverse aortic constriction in mice is attenuated with AT1 receptor blockade

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2172-2179

  Kuang, Shao Qing ^a   Geng, Liang ^a   Prakash, Siddharth K ^a   Cao, Jiu Mei ^a   Guo, Steven ^a   Villamizar, Carlos ^a   Kwartler, Callie S ^a   Peters, Andrew M ^a   Brasier, Allan R ^b   Milewicz, Dianna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

aortic aneurysm, thoracic; receptor, angiotensin, type 1; transforming growth factors

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN; LOSARTAN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FORCE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TRANSVERSE AORTIC CONSTRICTION; VASCULITIS; VASODILATATION;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CONSTRICTION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HYPERTENSION; LOSARTAN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84883270912     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.113.301624     Document Type: Article

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