Prevention of Neointimal Formation by a Serine Protease Inhibitor, FUT-175, After Carotid Balloon Injury in Rats
Author(s) -
Motoshi Sawada,
Hiroji Yanamoto,
Izumi Nagata,
Nobuo Hashimoto,
Ichiro NAKAHARA,
Yoshinori Akiyama,
H Kikuchi
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.30.3.644
Subject(s) - medicine , restenosis , saline , lesion , neointima , balloon , serine protease , pathology , protease , stent , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
In vivo and vitro studies revealed the activation of thrombin and the complement system in vascular lesion formation during the process of atherosclerosis, along with pathological proliferation of smooth muscle cells. We examined the effect of the synthetic serine protease inhibitor FUT-175 (developed as a potent inhibitor of thrombin and the complement system) on vascular lesions using balloon dilatation-induced neointimal formation in the carotid artery of rats.
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