Role of ageing and coronary atherosclerosis in the development of cardiac fibrosis in the rabbit

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 544-552

  Orlandi, Augusto ^a   Francesconi, Arianna ^a   Marcellini, Marcella ^b   Ferlosio, Amedeo ^a   Spagnoli, Luigi Giusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Atherosclerosis; Endothelial function; Extracellular matrix; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COLLAGEN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; STAINING;

ACTINS; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RABBITS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 8644287427     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.07.024     Document Type: Article

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