Raman microspectroscopy of intracellular cholesterol crystals in cultured bovine coronary artery endothelial cells

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1591-1597

  Hawi, Sharon R ^a   Nithipatikom, Kasem ^a   Wohlfeil, Eric R ^a   Adar, Fran ^b   Campbell, William B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Instruments SA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

22 hydroxycholesterol; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Confocal Raman microspectroscopy; Intracellular crystals; Oxysterol

Indexed keywords

22 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CATTLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CORONARY ARTERY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0030869503     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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