Experimental studyPrevention of intimal hyperplasia with recombinant soluble P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-immunoglobulin in the porcine coronary artery balloon injury model☆
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Abbreviations
BSA
bovine serum albumin
FL
fracture length
IA/FL
ratio of neointimal area/fracture length of the internal elastic lamina
IEL
internal elastic lamina
IL-1 beta
interleukin-1 beta
IV
intravenous
LAD
left anterior descending coronary artery
NO
nitric oxide
PBS
phosphate-buffered saline
PCNA
proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PSGL-1
P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1
RCA
right coronary artery
rPSGL-Ig
recombinant P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-immunoglobulin
SMC
smooth muscle cell
TNF-alpha
tumor necrosis factor-alpha
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This study was supported by a grant from Wyeth/Genetics Institute, Andover, Massachusetts.
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