Perforin-Secreting Killer Cell Infiltration in the Aortic Tissue of Patients with Atherosclerotic Aortic Aneurysm

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 965-970

  Seko, Yoshinori ^a,c,f   Sato, Osamu ^b   Takagi, Atsuhiko ^b   Tada, Yusuke ^d   Matsuo, Hiroshi ^e   Yagita, Hideo ^f   Okumura, Ko ^f   Yazaki, Yoshio ^a  

^a Kansai Medical University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^f JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm; Cell mediated cytotoxicity; Cytotoxic T lymphocytes; Natural killer cells; Perforin

Indexed keywords

PERFORIN;

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS;

EID: 0031392125     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.61.965     Document Type: Article

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