Complement C6 deficiency protects against diet-induced atherosclerosis in rabbits

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1790-1795

  Schmiedt, Walther ^a   Kinscherf, Ralf ^b   Deigner, Hans Peter ^b   Kamencic, Huse ^b   Nauen, Olaf ^b   Kilo, Juliane ^a   Oelert, Hellmut ^a   Metz, Jürgen ^b   Bhakdi, Sucharit ^a,c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Inst of Med Microbiol and Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Complement activation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FOAM CELL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031775234     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.11.1790     Document Type: Article

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