C-Reactive protein frequently colocalizes with the terminal complement complex in the intima of early atherosclerotic lesions of human coronary arteries

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1386-1392

  Torzewski, Jan ^a   Torzewski, Michael ^b   Bowyer, David E ^c   Fröhlich, Margit ^a   Koenig, Wolfgang ^a   Waltenberger, Johannes ^a   Fitzsimmons, Colin ^c   Hombach, Vinzenz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherogenesis; C reactive protein; Complement; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031668698     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.9.1386     Document Type: Article

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