Oligoclonal T cell expansions in atherosclerotic lesions of apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-17

  Paulsson, Gabrielle ^a   Zhou, Xinghua ^a   Törnquist, Elisabeth ^a   Hansson, Göran K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antigen receptors; Atherosclerosis; Hypercholesterolemia; Rearrangement; T cell antigen receptors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0033958328     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.1.10     Document Type: Article

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