Increased ferritin gene expression in atherosclerotic lesions

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2204-2212

  Pang, Jong Hwei S ^a   Jiang, Meei Jyh ^a   Chen, Yuh Lien ^b   Wang, Fu Wen ^b   Wang, Danny L ^a   Chu, Shu Hsun ^c   Chau, Lee Young ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cytokines; H ferritin; iron; L ferritin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; FERRITIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLYADENYLATED RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RNA ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0029929224     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118661     Document Type: Article

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