Measurement by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction of the levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha mRNA in atherosclerotic arteries in Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipidemic rabbits

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 136-145

  Lei, Xin ^a   Buja, L Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORACIC AORTA;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOCYTES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030061430     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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