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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
Restenosis may develop in response to cytokine activation and smooth muscle cell proliferation. Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb) has been used to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In the present study, the effects of EGb on the growth of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), as well as on the expression of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and the intimal response in balloon-injured arteries of cholesterol-fed rabbits, were investigated. Using bromodeoxyuridine incorporation as an index of cell proliferation, EGb was found to inhibit serum-induced mitogenesis of cultured rat aorta VSMC in a dose-dependent manner. In vivo, EGb and probucol ( positive control) reduced the atheroma area in thoracic aortas of male New Zealand white rabbits fed a 2% cholesterol diet for 6 weeks with balloon denudation of the abdominal aorta being performed at the end of the third week. Intimal hyperplasia, expressed as the intimal/medial area ratio, in the abdominal aortas was significantly inhibited in the both the EGb group (0.61 +/- 0.06) and the probucol group (0.55 +/- 0.03) compared to the C group (0.87 +/- 0.02). In the balloon-injured abdominal aorta, both EGb and probucol significantly reduced IL-1beta mRNA and protein expression and the percentage of proliferating cells. The inhibitory effects of EGb on the intimal response might be attributed to its antioxidant capacity. EGb may have therapeutic potential for the prevention of restenosis after angioplasty.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0730-2312
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
572-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Angioplasty, Balloon, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Anticholesteremic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Aorta, Abdominal, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Aorta, Thoracic, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Arteriosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Copper, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Ginkgo biloba, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Lipoproteins, LDL, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Plant Extracts, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Probucol, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11967997-Tunica Intima
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of Ginkgo biloba extract on the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro and on intimal thickening and interleukin-1beta expression after balloon injury in cholesterol-fed rabbits in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't