Expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and Fas/Fas ligand correlates with the incidence of apoptotic cell death in atheromatous plaques of human coronary arteries

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 561-571

  Esaki, Teiji ^a   Hayashi, Toshio ^a   Muto, Emiko ^a   Kano, Hatsuyo ^a   Kumar, Thakur Navin ^a   Asai, Yukako ^a   Sumi, Daigo ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; Fas; Fas ligand; INOS

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0034527469     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/niox.2000.0311     Document Type: Article

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