Alterations in endothelial F-actin microfilaments in rabbit aorta in hypercholesterolemia

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-56

  Colangelo, Sandra ^b   Langille, B Lowell ^b   Steiner, George ^b   Gotlieb, Avrum I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Actin; Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Cytoskeleton; Endothelium; Hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0031964193     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.1.52     Document Type: Article

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