Castration of male mice prevents the progression of established angiotensin II-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 767-776

  Zhang, Xuan ^a   Thatcher, Sean ^a   Wu, Congqing ^a   Daugherty, Alan ^b   Cassis, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; COLLAGEN; ACTA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCISION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASODILATATION; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR; VASCULAR REMODELING;

ACTINS; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BIOMARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORCHIECTOMY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84923548219     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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