Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 1452-1458 , December 2009

VCAM-1 siRNA reduces neointimal formation after surgical mechanical injury of the rat carotid artery

  • Yanming Qu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Medical University Affiliated Fu Xing Hospital, Beijing PR China
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  • Xiangen Shi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Medical University Affiliated Fu Xing Hospital, Beijing PR China
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  • Hongwei Zhang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Sciences Institute of Beijing, Beijing PR China
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  • Wei Sun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Medical University Affiliated Fu Xing Hospital, Beijing PR China
    • ,
  • Song Han, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology and Beijing Institute for Neuroscience, Capital Medical University, Beijing PR China
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  • Chunjiang Yu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Medical University Affiliated Fu Xing Hospital, Beijing PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationChunjiang Yu, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Medical University Affiliated Fu Xing Hospital, No. 20 Fu Xing Men Wai Street, Beijing 100038, China
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  • Junfa Li, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology and Beijing Institute for Neuroscience, Capital Medical University, Beijing PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Junfa Li, MD, PhD, Department of Neurobiology and Beijing Institute for Neuroscience, Capital Medical University, No. 10 You An Men Wai Xi Tou Tiao, Beijing 100069, China

Received 17 May 2009 ,Accepted 15 August 2009.

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 Supported by the following grants: National Natural Science Foundation of China (30571902, 30670782, and 30871219), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (5072008), Key Scientific Developing Programs of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (KZ200810025012), Beijing Municipal Programs for Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Excellent Talents of New Century (Li J), and Funding Projects for Academic Human Resources Development in Institutions of Higher Learning under the Jurisdiction of Beijing Municipality (PHR200906116).

 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01696-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.050

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 1452-1458 , December 2009

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