Flow cytometry analysis of atherosclerotic plaque cells from human carotids: A validation study

Cytometry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 158-165

  Bonanno, Elena ^a   Mauriello, Alessandro ^a   Partenzi, Antonietta ^a   Anemona, Lucia ^a   Spagnoli, Luigi Giusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cell phenotypes; Flow cytometry; Human carotid plaques

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIGEN; COLLAGENASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUNICA MEDIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTINS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MONOCYTES;

EID: 0033960969     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(20000201)39:2<158::AID-CYTO9>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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