Detection of B cells and proinflammatory cytokines in atherosclerotic plaques of hypercholesterolaemic apolipoprotein E knockout mice

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-30

  Zhou, X ^a   Hansson, Göran K ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CD22 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD22; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LECTINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RATS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 0032991052     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1999.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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