| Literature DB >> 21107720 |
Wei Shen1, Hai-Ming Shi, Wei-Hu Fan, Xin-Ping Luo, Bo Jin, Yong Li.
Abstract
Statins have shown pleiotropic effects, many of them independent of their impact on lipids. Angiogenesis can be beneficial in the acute myocardial infarction to improve circulation. However, it also can be harmful due to worsening of atherosclerosis. Here, we established a new minimal invasive rabbit model to study ischemic myocardium and atherosclerosis together to mimic clinical scenario. We demonstrated that simvastatin has the effect of pro-angiogenesis and further improve cardiac function in ischemic myocardium, as well as the effect of anti-angiogenesis to improve atherosclerosis in aorta vessels.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21107720 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0497-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Biol Rep ISSN: 0301-4851 Impact factor: 2.316