Tunica Intima

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The innermost layer of an artery or vein, made up of one layer of endothelial cells and supported by an internal elastic lamina.

Descriptor ID	D017539
MeSH Number(s)	A07.231.700
Concept/Terms	Tunica Intima Tunica Intima Vascular Intima Intima, Vascular Intimas, Vascular Vascular Intimas Tunica Intima Vasorum Arterial Intima Arterial Intima Arterial Intimas Intima, Arterial Intimas, Arterial Venous Intima Venous Intima Intima, Venous Intimas, Venous Venous Intimas

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Anatomy [A]
Cardiovascular System [A07]
Blood Vessels [A07.231]
Tunica Intima [A07.231.700]

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Bar chart showing 33 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2004

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	2	3
2003	0	2	2
2004	5	1	6
2005	1	2	3
2006	1	1	2
2007	3	1	4
2008	1	1	2
2009	2	0	2
2010	1	1	2
2011	3	1	4
2012	1	0	1
2014	1	1	2

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Cho H, Nango M, Sakai Y, Sohgawa E, Kageyama K, Hamamoto S, Kitayama T, Yamamoto A, Miki Y. Neointimal hyperplasia after stent placement across size-discrepant vessels in an animal study. Jpn J Radiol. 2014 Jun; 32(6):340-6.

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Puri R, Libby P, Nissen SE, Wolski K, Ballantyne CM, Barter PJ, Chapman MJ, Erbel R, Raichlen JS, Uno K, Kataoka Y, Tuzcu EM, Nicholls SJ. Long-term effects of maximally intensive statin therapy on changes in coronary atheroma composition: insights from SATURN. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Apr; 15(4):380-8.

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Peters SA, den Ruijter HM, Palmer MK, Grobbee DE, Crouse JR, O'Leary DH, Evans GW, Raichlen JS, Bots ML. Biologically implausible carotid intima-media thickness measurement values: effects on rate of change over time. Curr Med Res Opin. 2012 Jun; 28(6):891-9.

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Dogan S, Plantinga Y, Crouse JR, Evans GW, Raichlen JS, O'Leary DH, Palmer MK, Grobbee DE, Bots ML. Algorithms to measure carotid intima-media thickness in trials: a comparison of reproducibility, rate of progression and treatment effect. J Hypertens. 2011 Nov; 29(11):2181-93.

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Lo HM, Wu MW, Pan SL, Peng CY, Wu PH, Wu WB. Chrysin restores PDGF-induced inhibition on protein tyrosine phosphatase and reduces PDGF signaling in cultured VSMCs. J Nutr Biochem. 2012 Jun; 23(6):667-78.

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Peters SA, Palmer MK, Grobbee DE, Crouse JR, Evans GW, Raichlen JS, Bots ML. Effect of number of ultrasound examinations on the assessment of carotid intima-media thickness changes over time: the example of the METEOR study. J Hypertens. 2011 Jun; 29(6):1145-54.

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Ote EL, Oriuchi N, Miyashita G, Paudyal B, Ishikita T, Arisaka Y, Higuchi T, Hirato J, Endo K. Pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma: the role of ?8F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in monitoring response to treatment. Jpn J Radiol. 2011 May; 29(4):279-82.

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Zhu S, Malhotra A, Zhang L, Deng S, Zhang T, Freedman NJ, Storms R, Peppel K, Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ, Dong C. Human umbilical cord blood endothelial progenitor cells decrease vein graft neointimal hyperplasia in SCID mice. Atherosclerosis. 2010 Sep; 212(1):63-9.

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Crouse JR, Bots ML, Evans GW, Palmer MK, O'Leary DH, Grobbee DE, Raichlen JS. Does baseline carotid intima-media thickness modify the effect of rosuvastatin when compared with placebo on carotid intima-media thickness progression? The METEOR study. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2010 Apr; 17(2):223-9.

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DeLoach SS, Appel LJ, Chen J, Joffe MM, Gadegbeku CA, Mohler ER, Parsa A, Perumal K, Rafey MA, Steigerwalt SP, Teal V, Townsend RR, Rosas SE. Aortic pulse pressure is associated with carotid IMT in chronic kidney disease: report from Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort. Am J Hypertens. 2009 Dec; 22(12):1235-41.

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