L-homoarginine administration reduces neointimal hyperplasia in balloon-injured rat carotids

Thromb Haemost. 2016 Aug 1;116(2):400-2. doi: 10.1160/TH15-10-0831. Epub 2016 Jun 9.

Authors

Federica Dellera, Giulia S Ganzetti, Alberto Froio, Stefano Manzini, Marco Busnelli, Andreas Meinitzer, Cesare R Sirtori, Giulia Chiesa, Cinzia Parolini¹

Affiliation

¹ Cinzia Parolini, PhD, Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy, Tel.: +39 02 50318328, Fax: +39 02-50318284, E-mail: cinzia.parolini@unimi.it.

PMID: 27279573
DOI: 10.1160/TH15-10-0831

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Carotid Artery Injuries / drug therapy*
Carotid Artery Injuries / etiology
Carotid Artery Injuries / pathology
Catheterization / adverse effects
Cell Proliferation / drug effects
Homoarginine / administration & dosage
Homoarginine / blood
Homoarginine / pharmacology*
Hyperplasia
Male
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / drug effects
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / pathology
Neointima / drug therapy*
Neointima / pathology
Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

Homoarginine
Nitric Oxide