Expression of ACAT-1 protein in human atherosclerotic lesions and cultured human monocytes-macrophages

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1568-1574

  Miyazaki, Akira ^a,b   Sakashita, Naomi ^b   Lee, Oneil ^a   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^b   Horiuchi, Seikoh ^b   Hakamata, Hideki ^b   Morganelli, Peter M ^c   Chang, Catherine C Y ^a   Chang, Ta Yuan ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACAT; Atherosclerosis; Differentiation; Immunohistochemistry; Monocytes

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031668254     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.10.1568     Document Type: Article

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