Antioxidant-induced apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells
AssigneePresident and Fellows of Harvard College
InventorsMu-En Lee, Edgar Haber, Jer-Chia Tsai
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Abstract
A method of inhibiting arteriosclerosis or smooth muscle cell proliferation by identifying an animal having an artery suspected of needing such inhibition and contacting the artery with an apoptosis-inducing amount of an antioxidant.
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A method of inhibiting arteriosclerosis in an animal, comprising identifying an animal having an artery suspected of needing said inhibition and contacting said artery with an apoptosis-inducing amount of an antioxidant.
A method of inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in an animal, comprising identifying an animal in need of said inhibition, and introducing an antioxidant into a blood vessel of said animal.
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