Regulatory T cells prevent angiotensin II-induced abdominal aortic aneurysm in apolipoprotein E knockout mice

Hypertension

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 875-882

  Meng, Xiao ^a   Yang, Jianmin ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   An, Guipeng ^a   Kong, Jing ^a   Jiang, Fan ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Aortic aneurysm; Inflammation; Macrophages; Regulatory; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; AUTACOID; CYTOKINE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSPLANTATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NF-KAPPA B; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84914672017     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.03950     Document Type: Article

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