酸化窒素合成酵素 (nNOS) 遺伝子転送は静脈バイパス移植の改造を修正する:血管の滑らかな筋肉細胞の分化と超酸化物産生への影響

N E West1, H Qian, T J Guzik

  • 1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.

Circulation
|September 26, 2001
PubMed
まとめ

ニューロン酸化窒素合成酵素 (nNOS) の遺伝子転送は,静脈バイパス移植 (VGs) での親密な増殖を減少させた. この早期の介入は,VGの改造と血管フェノタイプに好ましい影響を及ぼし,VGsの治療戦略を示唆しました.

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