Apoptosis is abundant in human atherosclerotic lesions, especially in inflammatory cells (macrophages and T cells), and may contribute to the accumulation of gruel and plaque instability

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 367-380

  Björkerud, Sören ^a   Björkerud, Barbro ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AORTA; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CORONARY VESSELS; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030055903     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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