Regulation of programmed cell death or apoptosis in atherosclerosis

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 12, 1997, Pages 76-80

  Geng, Yong Jian ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Artery; Atherosclerosis; Caspases; CD95; Cytokines

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYTOKINE; FAS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; LIPID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; MYC PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STROKE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENES, P53; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031283332     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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