Retrovirus-mediated, stable scavenger-receptor gene transfer leads to functional endocytotic receptor expression, foam cell formation, and increased susceptibility to apoptosis in rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-60

  Lehtolainen, Pauliina ^a   Takeya, Motohiro ^b   Ylä Herttuala, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherogenesis; Gene transfer; Oxidized LDL; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FOAM CELL; GENE TRANSFER; MOLONEY LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETROVIRUS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0033970733     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.1.52     Document Type: Article

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