Host response to cytomegalovirus infection as a determinant of susceptibility to coronary artery disease: Sex-based differences in inflammation and type of immune response

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 2491-2496

  Zhu, Jianhui ^a   Shearer, Gene M ^c   Norman, James E ^b   Pinto, Ligia A ^c   Marincola, Francesco M ^c   Prasad, Abhiram ^b   Waclawiw, Myron A ^b   Csako, Gyorgy ^d   Quyyumi, Arshed A ^b   Epstein, Stephen E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunology; Infection; Inflammation; Risk factors; Sex

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0034649311     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.20.2491     Document Type: Article

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