Cytokine expression in advanced human atherosclerotic plaques: Dominance of pro-inflammatory (Th1) and macrophage-stimulating cytokines

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-43

  Frostegård, Johan ^a   Ulfgren, Ann Kristin ^a   Nyberg, Pernilla ^a   Hedin, Ulf ^b   Swedenborg, Jesper ^b   Andersson, Ulf ^b   Hansson, Göran K ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cytokines; Immune response; Inflammation; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKINS; MACROPHAGES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033048632     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(99)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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