The atherogenic lipoprotein Lp(a) is internalized and degraded in a process mediated by the VLDL receptor

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2170-2181

  Argraves, Kelley McTigue ^a   Kozarsky, Karen F ^b   Fallon, John T ^c   Harpel, Peter C ^c   Strickland, Dudley K ^a,d  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Atherosclerosis; Endocytosis; Endothelium; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN A; LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0030666519     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119753     Document Type: Article

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