Contribution of angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensin II to ischemic stroke: their role in the formation of stable and unstable carotid atherosclerotic plaques.
Morioka
Motohiro
M
Departments of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Hamada
Jun-Ichiro
J
Hashiguchi
Akihito
A
Hasegawa
Yu
Y
Todaka
Tatemi
T
Yano
Shigetoshi
S
Kai
Yutaka
Y
Miura
Masaki
M
Fujioka
Shodo
S
Ushio
Yukitaka
Y
D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000368:Aged; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000378:metabolism*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000378:metabolism*; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*
D000199:Actins; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D000804:Angiotensin II; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A