Cellular and molecular mechanisms in vascular smooth muscle cells by which total saponin extracted from tribulus terrestris protects against artherosclerosis

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1299-1308

  Li, Mengquan ^a   Guan, Yue ^a   Liu, Jiaqi ^a   Zhai, Fengguo ^a   Zhang, Xiuping ^a   Guan, Lixin ^a  

^a MUDANJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Mechanisms; Proliferation; Saponin; Tribulus terrestris; Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; SAPONIN; CALCIUM ION; LOSARTAN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEWBORN; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PKC ALPHA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; DRUG MECHANISM; MTT ASSAY; PROTECTION;

TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; SAPONINS; TRIBULUS;

EID: 84890748524     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: 14219778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354528     Document Type: Article

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