Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS AND RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggested that long-term EECP exerts a retarding effect on atherosclerosis by downregulating proinflammatory gene expression. The underlying mechanisms are related to chronic exposure to increased pulsatile shear stress promoted by EECP; this exposure suppresses the overactivation of the MAPK-P38/ NF-kappaB/VCAM-1 signaling pathway induced by hypercholesterolemia.
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Authors | Yan Zhang, Xiaohong He, Donghong Liu, Guifu Wu, Xiaolin Chen, Hong Ma, Zhimin Du, Yugang Dong, Yafei Jin, Wen He, Kuijian Wang, William E Lawson, John C K Hui, Zhensheng Zheng |
Journal | Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
(Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol)
Vol. 30
Issue 4
Pg. 773-80
(Apr 2010)
ISSN: 1524-4636 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 20150561
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Inflammation Mediators
- NF-kappa B
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
- Complement C3a
- C-Reactive Protein
- Cholesterol
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
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Topics |
- Animals
- Aortic Diseases
(immunology, metabolism, physiopathology, prevention & control)
- Arteries
(immunology, metabolism, pathology, physiopathology)
- Atherosclerosis
(immunology, metabolism, physiopathology, prevention & control)
- Blood Flow Velocity
- C-Reactive Protein
(genetics)
- Cholesterol
(blood)
- Complement C3a
(genetics)
- Coronary Artery Disease
(immunology, metabolism, physiopathology, prevention & control)
- Counterpulsation
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Progression
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Hypercholesterolemia
(complications, immunology, metabolism, physiopathology, therapy)
- Inflammation Mediators
(metabolism)
- Male
- NF-kappa B
(metabolism)
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
(genetics)
- Phosphorylation
- Pulsatile Flow
- Regional Blood Flow
- Signal Transduction
(genetics)
- Stress, Mechanical
- Sus scrofa
- Time Factors
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
(genetics)
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
(metabolism)
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