Open AccessVascular Smooth Muscle Cell Endovascular Therapy Stabilizes Already Developed Aneurysms in a Model of Aortic Injury Elicited by Inflammation and Proteolysis
Author(s) -
Éric Allaire,
Béatrice Muscatelli-Groux,
Anne-Marie Guinault,
C. Pagès,
Audrey Goussard,
Chantal Mandet,
Patrick Bruneval,
D Méllière,
JeanPierre Becquemin
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000114131.79899.82
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammation , proteolysis , aortic aneurysm , vascular smooth muscle , cell injury , cardiology , aorta , smooth muscle , apoptosis , biochemistry , enzyme , chemistry
To investigate the efficiency of endovascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) seeding in promoting healing and stability in already-developed aneurysms obtained by matrix metalloproteases (MMPs)-driven injury.