PROLIFERATION IN PRIMARY AND RESTENOTIC CORONARY ATHERECTOMY TISSUE - IMPLICATIONS FOR ANTIPROLIFERATIVE THERAPY
PROLIFERATION IN PRIMARY AND RESTENOTIC CORONARY ATHERECTOMY TISSUE - IMPLICATIONS FOR ANTIPROLIFERATIVE THERAPY
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.73.2.223
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发表时间:
1993-08-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
SCHWARTZ, SM
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作者:
OBRIEN, ER;ALPERS, CE;SCHWARTZ, SM
On the basis of animal models of arterial injury, smooth muscle cell proliferation has been posited as a dominant event in restenosis. Unfortunately, little is known about this proliferation in the human restenotic lesion. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent and time course of proliferation in primary and restenotic coronary atherectomy-derived tissue. Primary (n=118) and restenotic (n=100) coronary atherectomy specimens were obtained from 211 nonconsecutive patients. Immunocytochemistry for the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) was used to gauge proliferation in the atherectomy specimens. The identity of PCNA-positive cells was then determined using immunohistochemical cell-specific markers. Eighty-two percent of primary specimens and 74% of restenotic specimens had no evidence of PCNA labeling. The majority of the remaining specimens had only a modest number of PCNA-positive cells per slide (typically