The absence of p53 accelerates atherosclerosis by increasing cell proliferation in vivo

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 335-339

  Guevara, Natalia V ^a,b   Kim, Han Seob ^a   Antonova, Ekaterina I ^a   Chan, Lawrence ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN P53;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; GENE INACTIVATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID DIET; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL DIVISION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032978142     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/6585     Document Type: Article

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