Molecular mechanisms of thoracic aortic dissection

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 907-924

  Wu, Darrell ^a,b   Shen, Ying H ^a,b   Russell, Ludivine ^a,b   Coselli, Joseph S ^a,b   Lemaire, Scott A ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Degeneration; Media

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; OLIGOMER; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE;

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA MEDIA; AORTA WALL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEGENERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTIC DISSECTION;

ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISSECTION; DEGENERATION; MEDIA;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84883897534     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.06.007     Document Type: Review

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