Journal article
Alterations of elastin and elastase-like activities in aortae of diabetic rats
Abstract
The elastin content of the aortic muscle and the elastase-like activity of the extracts of aortic muscle were studied in spontaneously diabetic BB rats and in rats made diabetic by a single bolus i.v. injection of alloxan. In both modes of diabetes, the total alkaline-insoluble aortic elastin content was significantly reduced in diabetic rats compared to that in the corresponding control rats. This reduction in aortic elastin was also …
Authors
Kwan C-Y; Wang RRJ; Beazley JS; Lee RMKW
Journal
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Vol. 967, No. 2, pp. 322–325
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 1988
DOI
10.1016/0304-4165(88)90027-x
ISSN
0006-3002