Captopril Attenuates Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and -9 in Monocrotaline-Induced Right Ventricular Hypertrophy in Rats

• Päätekijät: Muneyoshi Okada (Tekijä), Ryuta Kikuzuki (Tekijä), Toshiyuki Harada (Tekijä), Yasutomo Hori (Tekijä), Hideyuki Yamawaki (Tekijä), Yukio Hara (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Elsevier, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Little is known about the influence of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors on matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) in right ventricular remodeling. We investigated the effect of captopril, an ACE inhibitor, on MMP-2 and MMP-9 in monocrotaline-induced right ventricular hypertrophy. Six-week-old...