Effects of ultraviolet light in vascular cells in vitro and in intact atherosclerotic explants: Potential role of apoptosis in vascular biology

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-345

  López Candales, Angel ^a   Holmes, Dennis R ^b   Scott, Michael J ^a   Thompson, Robert W ^b   Wickline, Samuel A ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerotic aorta; Macrophage; New Zealand White rabbit; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RABBITS; RATS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030330645     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o96-036     Document Type: Article

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