Smooth muscle cells express granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the undiseased and atherosclerotic human coronary artery

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2489-2499

  Plenz, Gabriele ^a,c   Koenig, Carsten ^a   Severs, Nicholas J ^b   Robenek, Horst ^a  

^a Inst for Arteriosclerosis Research   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor; Human coronary artery atheroma; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA ACTIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0031439524     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.11.2489     Document Type: Article

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