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Biphasic response of tropoelastin at the poststenotic dilation segment of the rabbit aorta.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Sept 2002
Xu Chengpei, Zarins Christopher K, Glagov Seymour
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the time course of tropoelastin gene expression in the poststenotic dilatation segment of rabbit aorta with experimental coarctation. METHODS: Midthoracic aortic coarctation was created in rabbits to produce a PSD. The time points of the study after coarctation were 1, 3, and 7 days and 2, 4, and 8 weeks (n = 3 each). Additional animals (n = 6) were subjected to...
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