In this article, we describe the results of a comparative study for the detection of Chlamydia
pneumoniae in abdominal aortic aneurysm specimens of 19 patients through the use of …

Objective To determine the increase of apoptosis and the decrease of smooth muscle cells
(SMCs) density in human abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). Methods In situ terminal …

Background Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotype switching has been
preliminarily found in aortic aneurysms. However, two major questions were raised:(1) What …

Background The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of a new
angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor perindopril on the formation of experimental …

Background Abdominal aortic aneurysms are characterized by degradation of the
extracellular matrix, with a reduction in the elastin concentration of the arterial media. These …

See article by Romanic et al.[24](pages 549–558) in composition of the vasculature are the
collagenases and this issue. gelatinases. The collagenases (MMP-1,-8 and-13) have the …

OBJECTIVES: Matrix-metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and-9 and aminoterminal propeptide of
type III collagen (NIIINP) have been reported to be elevated in patients with abdominal aortic …

BACKGROUND: Models of native abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) have been created in
rodents using elastase and calcium chloride perfusion. These models, however, do not …

Collagen type I is the most abundant component of extracellular matrix in the arterial wall.
Mice knocked out for the protein kinase C δ gene (PKCδ KO) show a marked reduction of …

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are localized, rupture‐prone expansions of the
abdominal aorta wall. In this condition, structural extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins of the …