Mode and role of cell death during progression of atherosclerotic lesions in hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 295-306

  Kunishima, Akihisa ^a   Takemura, Genzou ^a   Takatsu, Hisato ^a   Hayakawa, Yukihiro ^a   Kanoh, Motoo ^a   Qiu, Xinbin ^a   Fujiwara, Takako ^b   Fujiwara, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; Macrophage; Smooth muscle cell; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA INTIMA; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL POPULATION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NECROSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0033507524     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03257242     Document Type: Article

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