Expression of the angiogenic protein, platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor, in coronary atherosclerotic plaques: In vivo correlation of lesional microvessel density and constrictive vascular remodeling

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2340-2347

  Ignatescu, Mihaela C ^a   Gharehbaghi Schnell, Elisabeth ^a   Hassan, Ali ^a   Rezaie Majd, Shahrzad ^a   Korschineck, Irina ^a   Schleef, Raymond R ^b   Glogar, Helmut D ^a   Lang, Irene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Growth substances; Platelet derived factors

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032857363     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.10.2340     Document Type: Article

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