Expression of bcl-2 protein, an inhibitor of apoptosis, and Bax, an accelerator of apoptosis, in ventricular myocytes of human hearts with myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1506-1512

  Misao, Jun ^a   Hayakawa, Yukihiro ^a   Ohno, Michiya ^a   Kato, Satoshi ^a   Fujiwara, Takako ^b   Fujiwara, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

apoptosis; infarction; myocytes

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029778441     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.7.1506     Document Type: Article

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