Meanings of intimal thickening in English

Patients with hypertension displayed more severe intimal thickening than those without hypertension.

There were no signs of intimal thickening or of adverse reactions in nervous tissue.

The intimal thickening of the F-fed rabbits did not significantly differ from that of the controls.

It also inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, kinase signalling and arterial intimal thickening following balloon injury.

Obvious intimal thickening was observed in both STA and MCA of MMD patients, but not in the controls.

The renal biopsy specimens showed an arteriosclerotic lesion with intimal thickening and luminal narrowing and ischemic glomerular changes.

Methods: Perivascular collars were implanted around the common carotid arteries of male NZW rabbits for 14 days to induce intimal thickening.

These studies demonstrate for the first time that arterial intimal thickening following artery ligation is critically-dependent on the activation of Egr-1.

Endothelial cell-secreted interleukin 8 triggered intimal invasion of smooth muscle cells and enhanced intimal thickening in an arterial organ culture model.

Microscopic evaluation revealed no fibrosis or intimal thickening in the syngeneic valve grafts while the allogeneic valve grafts demonstrated rejection-like morphology.

Work from several laboratories has suggested that in experimental models of atheromatosis SMC heterogeneity is important in the establishment of intimal thickening.

Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) migration and proliferation are involved in the intimal thickening responsible for late vein graft failure.

Scattering from the internal elastic lamina in muscular arteries provided an excellent landmark for defining the location and extent of intimal thickening or plaque.

Biopsy tissue was evaluated for coronary artery endothelial plumping and intimal thickening and increased immunostaining for fibronectin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and receptor for hyaluronan-mediated motility.

The chemical inhibitor thiostrepton was delivered by intraperitoneal injection in rats that underwent balloon injury and led to reduced intimal thickening compared to DMSO controls.

Surgical preparation was found to promote intimal thickening and neointimal smooth muscle cell proliferation by 42% and 48%, respectively.