Both acute phase and constitutive serum amyloid A are present in atherosclerotic lesions

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 797-800

  Yamada, Toshiyuki ^a   Kakihara, Toshio ^b   Kamishima, Tomoko ^b   Fukuda, Takeaki ^b   Kawai, Tadashi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute phase reactant; atherosclerosis; high density lipoprotein; low density lipoprotein; serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0029834741     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03552.x     Document Type: Article

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